Back when #Billionaire #Bezos bought the #WaPo , the DC newspaper claiming to shed light on daily doings in the nation's capital , that paper was selling a quarter million copies a day,... Now after Bezos has neutered the news by publicly putting his #editorial thumb on the product, and placing an ex-#Murdoch minion from UK in charge, daily #circulation has officially fallen below 100,000 copies ...
The #readership and resulting staffing drop is so serious, that it was recently revealed new #editor is now going to shrink all the once thick individual sections of local Metro reporting, Style and Sports into one plain print section, along with a separate front "#NationalNews" section.
The #newspaper refuses to officially release its digital #subscription numbers, but insider sources say those faced severe drops too, with over 200,000 cancellations of subscriptions made in wake of Bezos announcing his editorial edicts of 2024 election.#BlueOrigin space king ordered an editorial focus away from #politics, cutting out #endorsements of political candidates, and to only publish opinions purely focused on supporting “free markets and personal liberties”.
https://dankennedy.net/2025/06/24/yes-the-washington-post-is-in-crisis-but-its-declining-print-circulation-numbers-are-meaningless/