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The move came two days after Belton shared that at least 30 HuffPost staffers would be cut from her newsroom in the coming weeks. The Tuesday memo cited "growing challenges to our business" as reason for the impending layoffs.

"I recognize that this is an upsetting way to start the year, and we will be sure to share more details as swiftly and clearly as possible, as I believe it is important to be transparent and share information as we have it," Belton wrote in the earlier memo.

HuffPost is not the only media company to experience large layoffs at the top of the year. Tuesday also saw The Washington Post announce plans to lay off roughly 100 employees, while Vox cut 12 on Thursday.

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