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Byron's HuffPost Hatchet

Inside HuffPost’s tense post-layoff town hall on Wednesday, shaken staffers demanded answers about the cuts and questioned Byron Allen’s vision for the BuzzFeed-owned newsroom, Status has learned.

Natalie Korach
Natalie Korach

Jul 30, 2026

Byron's HuffPost Hatchet

Byron's HuffPost Hatchet

Inside HuffPost’s tense post-layoff town hall on Wednesday, shaken staffers demanded answers about the cuts and questioned Byron Allen’s vision for the BuzzFeed-owned newsroom, Status has learned.

Natalie Korach
Natalie Korach

Jul 30, 2026

Byron's HuffPost Hatchet

On Wednesday, HuffPost leadership gathered in their New York City office for an all-hands meeting. Their newsroom has been reeling from last week’s layoffs, which eliminated 15 positions at the publication and more than one-third of the broader BuzzFeed workforce.

More than 30 anonymous questions poured in ahead of the hour-and-a-half meeting, according to staffers who attended the meeting and a transcript obtained by Status. In the tense town hall…

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