Washington Post staffers delivered an impassioned missive to their paper’s owner Jeff Bezos on Wednesday, urging the billionaire to “stand with us” and articulate “a clear vision” for the Post’s future.

When billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post in 2013, the storied paper was “upside down.” It was bleeding money. The Internet had stolen all the advantages of print media; if the Post was any other business,

In a letter, more than 400 employees asked Mr. Bezos, the company’s owner, to meet, saying they were “deeply alarmed” by recent decisions at the paper.