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TheRickles

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

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #16)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 10:13 AM

6 hrs ago

That was the original reaction to their not endorsing Harris. And now more drop away with each Republican-friendly move they make. If only there was a way to send them directly to DU....

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More Than 60,000 Washington Post Customers Canceled Subscriptions After Jeff Bezos Axed 44% of Reporters [View all] BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago OP

Vote With Your Wallet Roy Rolling 11 hrs ago #1

It shows they have lots of spare change Gum Logger 10 hrs ago #4

The only thing I have on that list is Paramount + which will be toast in August Bengus81 7 hrs ago #19

"Bezos doesn't need my money..." OldBaldy1701E 9 hrs ago #11

They rely on advertisers to keep the paper in the black. Subscribers leave and so do Bengus81 6 hrs ago #24

I'm sure they can get mypillow to renew their ad subscription mdbl 3 hrs ago #26

We still receive an occasional "please come back" email from them. QueerDuck 11 hrs ago #2

Greedy scum controlling the narrative wolfie001 10 hrs ago #3

That's runaway Capitalism for ya. joshdawg 9 hrs ago #8

I cancelled my subscription in November 2024 perdita9 10 hrs ago #5

Make a new newspaper Tetrachloride 10 hrs ago #6

Not Worth the 99 cents per month I was Paying eringer 10 hrs ago #7

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

60k sounds like a big loss, but the total number of digital subscribers to WaPo is 2.5M. TheRickles 9 hrs ago #10

It's not only the decline in numeracy, marybourg 9 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 9 hrs ago #14

Interesting snip about the content's context- thanks. But still no numerical context by the Times. TheRickles 8 hrs ago #15

I haven't read the whole thing yet BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago #16

10% is getting serious! Thanks for tracking this down. TheRickles 6 hrs ago #22

That's when I canceled , but it took 6 months to actually stop since I had paid for a year fargone 1 hr ago #31

The cuts really make no sense Deminpenn 9 hrs ago #13

As someone who worked in corporate management for years, you cannot cut your way to profitability. Lonestarblue 8 hrs ago #17

I worked for a company like that; cutting support staff produced worse cust svc Callie1979 7 hrs ago #20

I dropped it when he BOUGHT it. And I've NEVER used Amazon. How many DUeers have stopped? Callie1979 7 hrs ago #18

About the Post AverageOldGuy 7 hrs ago #21

Not enough people are willing to pay for internet content when the mindset is that it should all be "free" MichMan 6 hrs ago #23

Do people realize that Besos doesn't care edhopper 4 hrs ago #25

Bezos doesn't have to care Keepthesoulalive 2 hrs ago #28

I wasn't directed this edhopper 1 hr ago #29

This is about ego Keepthesoulalive 1 hr ago #30

Is THAT all? Not enough. nt jrthin 3 hrs ago #27

I cancelled my WaPo subscription after he blocked their endorsement of Kamala NEOBuckeye 1 hr ago #32