Post Buyout Could Cost Big Names

The Post’s buyout package is causing a big stir in the newsroom: Up to ten percent of the newsroom is being readied for early departure, and with the offer as rich as it is, reporters would be almost fools not to take it. “It’s a very generous offer,” tax columnist Al Crenshaw tells Erik Wemple. “They will give me two years’ pay if I work two more years. And they will give me two years’ pay if I don’t work two more years.”

Of course, as Harry Jaffe reports,

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