The Washington Post laid off dozens of staffers on Tuesday in the latest blow to the paper’s stature, the company confirmed. The cuts were spread throughout the business side, affecting 4 percent of the paper’s total staff.

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.

I’ve never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at,” cartoonist Ann Telnaes said.

Cartoonist Ann Telnaes has resigned from the Washington Post after it refused to publish a cartoon satirizing its owner, Jeff Bezos.

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 announced that it is eliminating less than 100 positions, in layoffs that will impact about 4% of its total staff. A Post spokesperson indicated that the job reductions would be in the business side of the publication.

The Washington Post on Tuesday began informing staff that it would be cutting 4% of its staff, impacting fewer than 100 roles across business functions. Why it matters: The cuts come amid an unprecedented number of newsroom defections and anxiety around expected leadership and structural changes,