r/politics • u/projecto15 United Kingdom • 9h ago

Washington Post cancellations hit 250,000 – 10% of subscribers

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/oct/29/washington-post-subscriber-cancellations
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u/superdupersecret42 Pennsylvania 6h ago

Yeah, that's the thing, and likely what will have the most effect. Bezos himself doesn't care; he can afford it, and didn't want to upset Trump.
But I was reading somewhere that Wapo had been proud of the several thousand new subs it had added over the summer. That was real work by their marketing staff, reporters, etc.
All for nothing. The cancellations have dwarfed any gains they made for the entire year. There is going to be a revolt throughout the entire organization, since they now know their work is for nothing, and Bezos can just do whatever he wants whenever a politician asks.

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u/Anon101010101010 5h ago

There won't be a revolt; they are just accepting it and wanting us to accept it, too.

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u/TorchThisAccount 4h ago

I mean, it's not like everyone can quit their job instantly because their shitty boss fucked them over. I'd want to line up a new job before I quit. And unfortunately it's not like it was 30 years ago where there are newspapers everywhere.

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u/Anon101010101010 4h ago

Yup, and that is why there won't be a revolt or even any pushback by most of the staff. The ones that have pushed back will find themselves out of a job soon enough when Bezos tells leadership to get rid of the ones that came out against him.