The Washington Post announced it will lay off nearly 100 workers, or 4% of its staff, in an attempt to stem growing losses, according to media reports. The cuts reportedly will affect mainly employees on the business side of the storied US newspaper owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

The Washington Post is laying off around 4% of its workforce, the company announced on Tuesday — the latest blow to the newspaper that has seen steep financial losses as well as an exodus of top talent from a newsroom that has grown increasingly alienated from owner Jeff Bezos and publisher Will Lewis.

The Washington Post said on Tuesday it would lay off about 4% of its workforce or less than 100 employees in a bid to cut costs, as the storied newspaper grapples with growing losses. The newspaper is making changes across several business functions,

The Washington Post is cutting about four percent of its workforce on the business side of the company, a spokesperson for the newspaper confirmed on Tuesday.

The Washington Post laid off nearly its entire public relations department in its sweeping layoffs on Tuesday as it moves away from promoting the paper’s journalism. The Post laid off six staffers from the company’s public relations department,

The owner of the "Washington Post," Jeff Bezos, announced the redundancy of about four per cent of the newspaper's staff, equating to nearly 100 people, reported the BBC News portal on Wednesday. Media outlets suggest this decision will likely worsen the already severe crisis within the well-known newspaper's editorial office.