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TheRickles

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10. 60k sounds like a big loss, but the total number of digital subscribers to WaPo is 2.5M.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 07:33 AM

6 hrs ago

So that's a loss of about 2%, not enough to have much of an impact, unfortunately.

A side note, neither this DU summary nor the Mediaite article did this quick bit of internet sleuthing to find the number that puts this loss in context. Perhaps the original NYT article does this, but I don't subscribe so I can't look it up. Overall, there's a decline in numeracy afoot in the US, as so often numbers are tossed around without any way to compare stats - in the sports pages, in essays about the economy, political polling, etc. I confess to being a bit of a math nerd, but this is just a matter of basic arithmetic, not calculus.

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The only thing I have on that list is Paramount + which will be toast in August Bengus81 4 hrs ago #19

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They rely on advertisers to keep the paper in the black. Subscribers leave and so do Bengus81 3 hrs ago #24

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That's runaway Capitalism for ya. joshdawg 6 hrs ago #8

I cancelled my subscription in November 2024 perdita9 6 hrs ago #5

Make a new newspaper Tetrachloride 6 hrs ago #6

Not Worth the 99 cents per month I was Paying eringer 6 hrs ago #7

Many of us had already left The Post COL Mustard 6 hrs ago #9

60k sounds like a big loss, but the total number of digital subscribers to WaPo is 2.5M. TheRickles 6 hrs ago #10

It's not only the decline in numeracy, marybourg 6 hrs ago #12

This is how the NYT framed it (the piece is a lengthy long-form thing that is typical of something in the magazine) BumRushDaShow 5 hrs ago #14

Interesting snip about the content's context- thanks. But still no numerical context by the Times. TheRickles 5 hrs ago #15

I haven't read the whole thing yet BumRushDaShow 5 hrs ago #16

10% is getting serious! Thanks for tracking this down. TheRickles 3 hrs ago #22

The cuts really make no sense Deminpenn 5 hrs ago #13

As someone who worked in corporate management for years, you cannot cut your way to profitability. Lonestarblue 4 hrs ago #17

I worked for a company like that; cutting support staff produced worse cust svc Callie1979 4 hrs ago #20

I dropped it when he BOUGHT it. And I've NEVER used Amazon. How many DUeers have stopped? Callie1979 4 hrs ago #18

About the Post AverageOldGuy 3 hrs ago #21

Not enough people are willing to pay for internet content when the mindset is that it should all be "free" MichMan 3 hrs ago #23

Do people realize that Besos doesn't care edhopper 1 hr ago #25

Is THAT all? Not enough. nt jrthin 16 min ago #27