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Requiem for The Washington Post
- Today morning, The Washington Post announced nearly one-third of its newsroom was cut, with more than 300 of about 800 staff laid off during an 8:30 A.M. Zoom meeting.
- Facing a $100 million loss in 2024, management argued industry pressures including AI-driven traffic declines and decisions by owner Jeff Bezos and publisher Will Lewis hurt subscriptions.
- The Washington Post closed its sports and books sections and ended the `Post Reports` podcast, while foreign bureaus in the Middle East, India, Australia and Ukraine lost reporters.
- The Post plans to narrow its focus to select beats while publisher Will Lewis aims to break even by later this year, with a WaPo spokesperson calling the moves `difficult but decisive actions`.
- Former editors and alumni said Bezos caused trust loss and urged investment, noting hundreds of buyouts and the NYT's 1.4 million digital subscriber increase last year.
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Requiem for The Washington Post
By Llewellyn King Think of a big-city newspaper as being analogous to a department store. You can get anything you want there, from breaking political news to dinner recipes. When you pick it up, you should be enchanted by the multiplicity of its offerings. Think of big-city newspapers as you think of the way every city had its own particular and dearly loved emporium like Marshall Fields in Chicago, Bloomingdale’s in New York, and Garfinkel’s i…
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Total News Sources15
Leaning Left2Leaning Right4Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution57% Right
Bias Distribution
- 57% of the sources lean Right
57% Right
L 29%
14%
R 57%
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