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We can rationalize the newspaper business all we want, but WaPo's downward spiral started with what's been described as a "gutless order to kill a presidential
by hybrid_study 8mo ago
We can rationalize the newspaper business all we want, but WaPo's downward spiral started with what's been described as a "gutless order to kill a presidential endorsement 11 days" before the election. That's when many cancelled their subscription.
- dmix 8mo agoThe article says they lost -$77M in 2023 and -$100M in 2024. That predates the endorsement thing.
- insane_dreamer 8mo agoNo, the endorsement was in 2024.
- jakubmazanec 8mo agoNate Silver concurs and has some data on it [1]. [1] https://www.natesilver.net/p/the-sad-and-self-inflicted-decline https://www.natesilver.net/p/the-sad-and-self-inflicted-decl...