WaPo's Erik Wemple on Buyouts, Bezos and Trump's Fox Problem

WaPo's Erik Wemple on Buyouts, Bezos and Trump's Fox Problem

Erik Wemple, media critic at The Washington Post, has been in the game long enough to have seen more than a few buyout cycles at the paper. But even for a veteran journalist, the latest round — arriving amid subscriber churn, ownership angst, and editorial upheaval — feels different. “You have to take these things seriously,” Wemple told Mediaite editor Aidan McLaughlin on this week’s episode of Press Club, noting that the buyout offers extended…