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16. I haven't read the whole thing yet

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 08:48 AM

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but the narrative (like a story-telling style timeline), earlier references and links to NPR's article from a radio interview done in October 2024. A blip from that -

More than 250,000 subscribers have left 'Washington Post' over withheld endorsement

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FOLKENFLIK: This is, you know, pretty much perceived by everybody I've talked to in the Post as something that will go down as a historic moment - a kind of debacle. The numbers that I reported came from two people with direct knowledge. I must say I've gone to the Post a number of times to give them a chance to shoot it down. They have not done so. They said, we're a privately held company, and we're not going to give out that figure publicly. But that would be about 10% of their paid subscribers - all digital and paper paid subscribers - right now. It's something of a calamity for them. It's a collapse of many millions of dollars in revenue, although not all cancellations take effect instantaneously.

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More Than 60,000 Washington Post Customers Canceled Subscriptions After Jeff Bezos Axed 44% of Reporters [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

Vote With Your Wallet Roy Rolling Yesterday #1

It shows they have lots of spare change Gum Logger Yesterday #4

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

"Bezos doesn't need my money..." OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #11

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

I'm sure they can get mypillow to renew their ad subscription mdbl 22 hrs ago #26

Yes, they do. OldBaldy1701E 2 hrs ago #36

We still receive an occasional "please come back" email from them. QueerDuck Yesterday #2

Greedy scum controlling the narrative wolfie001 Yesterday #3

That's runaway Capitalism for ya. joshdawg Yesterday #8

I cancelled my subscription in November 2024 perdita9 Yesterday #5

Make a new newspaper Tetrachloride Yesterday #6

Not Worth the 99 cents per month I was Paying eringer Yesterday #7

Many of us had already left The Post COL Mustard Yesterday #9

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

It's not only the decline in numeracy, marybourg Yesterday #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 Yesterday #14

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

I haven't read the whole thing yet BumRushDaShow Yesterday #16

10% is getting serious! Thanks for tracking this down. TheRickles Yesterday #22

That's when I canceled , but it took 6 months to actually stop since I had paid for a year fargone 19 hrs ago #31

The cuts really make no sense Deminpenn Yesterday #13

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

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

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

About the Post AverageOldGuy Yesterday #21

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

Do people realize that Besos doesn't care edhopper 22 hrs ago #25

Bezos doesn't have to care Keepthesoulalive 20 hrs ago #28

I wasn't directed this edhopper 20 hrs ago #29

This is about ego Keepthesoulalive 19 hrs ago #30

Is THAT all? Not enough. nt jrthin 21 hrs ago #27

I cancelled my WaPo subscription after he blocked their endorsement of Kamala NEOBuckeye 19 hrs ago #32

comcast priced me out of the market years ago.::( AllaN01Bear 18 hrs ago #33

Once you decide your paper will just echo and follow the party line . . . Aussie105 15 hrs ago #34

I wish they would approach it like cable tv and offer a couple dozen or so news options travelingthrulife 10 min ago #38

Yo mahina 8 hrs ago #35

'How to kill democracy' by Jeff Bezos. travelingthrulife 16 min ago #37