Over 400 staff members of the Washington Post have signed a letter to owner Jeff Bezos, requesting an in-person meeting with the billionaire to discuss the future of the newspaper.
"We are deeply alarmed by recent leadership decisions that have led readers to question the integrity of this institution, broken with a tradition of transparency, and prompted some of our most distinguished colleagues to leave, with more departures imminent," the letter reads.
The letter, which was signed by some of the paper's most distinguished reporters and editors, urged Mr Bezos to visit The Post's office to meet in person.
Mr Bezos, the world's second-richest man, bought the newspaper in 2013.
"This is about retaining our competitive edge, restoring trust that has been lost, and re-establishing a relationship with leadership based on open communication," the letter continued.
Staffers' concerns were unrelated to Mr Bezos's decision to end the paper's endorsement of US presidential candidates, the letter said, stating that it was "the owner’s prerogative".
The Post announced it would not be endorsing either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump for president just over a week before the November 5 election, marking the first time in 36 years the paper had not endorsed a candidate.
In the days that followed, The Post lost over 250,000 subscribers.
The paper's former executive editor, Marty Baron, told the ABC the paper's move was "cowardice, with democracy as its casualty."
Mr Bezos argued endorsements did nothing but "create a perception of bias" in an op-ed he wrote for the paper.
Earlier this month, a Pulitzer-winning cartoonist resigned after the newspaper refused to publish her sketch featuring Mr Bezos, satirised bowing before Trump.
Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg to attend Trump's inauguration
Tech CEOs Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Mr Bezos will be featured prominently at US president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration next week.
The chief executives of Tesla, Meta and Amazon will be sitting with the Trump's Cabinet nominees and other elected officials, according to NBC News, which first reported their attendance.
Mr Bezos's billion-dollar e-commerce company and Mr Zuckerberg's Meta are among the companies that have donated to Trump's inauguration fund, each giving $US1 million ($1.6 million).
Mr Musk spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars to help elect Trump in November.
The Post has reported on Mr Bezos's links to Trump, including articles detailing attendance at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort with Tesla CEO Musk following the US election in December.
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