Conflict of interest at the Wahington Post: Jeff Bezos

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as far as I can tell

Anne Telnaes was just awarded a special Pulitzer for giving Jeff Bezos the finger

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no more stand alone Metro section, subscriber base falls below 100,000 for the first time in 55 years

subs are down ~60% since Bezos bought the newspaper

According to data provided to City Paper by the Alliance for Audited Media, the Post’s paid average daily circulation is now down to just 97,000, with roughly 160,000 on Sundays. That’s a fraction of the 250,000 average daily circulation five years ago, when the Post was one of the largest newspapers in the country by circulation.

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/arti...tyle-sections/

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over 100 journos gone since the takeover

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liberals purged on Yom Kippur

https://www.status.news/p/washington...uts-adam-oneal

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liberals purged

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if Bezos wants to deep-six the reputation of the Washington Post, too late he already did

subscriptions have cratered

have you subscribed yet, Snake Boy?

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no more stand alone Metro section, subscriber base falls below 100,000 for the first time in 55 years

subs are down ~60% since Bezos bought the newspaper

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/arti...tyle-sections/

"To put that in perspective: 97,000 is the sort of figure you’d expect to see from a mid-size regional paper like The Minnesota Star Tribune or The Seattle Times. Not from a globally recognized newsroom with multiple Pulitzers to its name"

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WaPo "AI-generated summary" delivers

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Summing up, Bezos shoveled love and money at Trump, even muzzled The Washington Post for him, and saved billions on his taxes at Amazon

Now Bezos is shooting the dog

Last month, just ahead of the devastating layoffs at The Washington Post, a group of wealthy D.C. locals approached Post publisher and chief executive Will Lewis with a proposal: Would the Jeff Bezos–owned paper consider spinning off its local and sports sections and selling to them? Perhaps some type of deal could have been worked out where the property was jointly branded and operated, such as when CNN partnered with Fortune and Money magazines on CNNMoney.



The interest was there, but the group never received a response, Status has learned. A spokesperson for The Post did not comment, but Bezos has repeatedly ignored interest from would-be buyers while the newspaper disintegrates under his watch. Most notably, as Status first reportedin 2024, Kara Swisher expressed serious interest in leading a group of investors to purchase the paper as it continues to make deep cuts to its newsroom under the oversight of Lewis and Bezos.

https://www.status.news/p/washington...ownership-sell