Jeff Bezos' Washington Post launches major newsroom clear-out

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5. Nothing political. Just business. The "new narratives" business.

“Like the rest of our industry, we are adapting to changing habits and new technologies that are transforming news experiences,” executive editor Matt Murray told staffers in a memo obtained by the Beast. “Even as we have begun creating new departments and welcoming new colleagues, to reach new audiences we must increase our staffing flexibility and expand in areas such as audience data and social video.”

Not feeling the "adapting" rhetoric about reaching new audiences and being all "free market" with their "staffing flexibility."