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On August 24, 2026, HuffPost's National desk was reduced to three reporters as BuzzFeed implemented its latest round of layoffs, which included 10 members of the HuffPost Union. Jessica Schulberg, laid off after 11 years, stated that the desk previously had seven reporters before the cuts. Previously, on July 28, BuzzFeed announced the layoff of 180 employees, approximately a third of its entire workforce, following what one report described as an unexpected pivot to AI. This round of job cuts represented a roughly 35% reduction in staff across BuzzFeed, HuffPost, and Tasty. Earlier, on July 27, new owner Byron Allen initiated this significant restructuring effort to stem millions of dollars in annual losses since taking majority control of the company, with the layoffs affecting about 180 employees across all its properties, including HuffPost, the recipe publisher Tasty, and BuzzFeed's film and TV studio.
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