Former Washington Post publisher Donald Graham said on Wednesday that he "will do anything" to help reporters and editors who are laid off from the newspaper.

The Washington Post editor-in-chief Matt Murray on Wednesday announced that the newspaper was beginning layoffs, according to reports.

During the Wednesday morning meeting, Murray told employees that the Post was undergoing a “broad strategic reset” that would result in “significant” layoffs to better position the newspaper for the future, several employees who were on the call told The Guardian.

"It’s a bad day," Graham told Just the News. "I am sad that so many excellent reporters and editors—and old friends—are losing their jobs. My first concern is for them; I will do anything I can to help. 

"I will have to learn a new way to read the paper, since I have started with the sports page since the late 1940’s. I will always want the Washington Post to succeed—and you should too. It makes a difference. The paper has another strong, stand-up editor in Matt Murray. And it still has a great staff."

Graham is the son of former Post publisher Katharine Graham, and is chairman emeritus of Graham Holdings Company, which was previously The Washington Post Company.