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200,000 subscribers desert 'Washington Post' after Bezos blocks Harris endorsement (www.npr.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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More than 200,000 people had canceled their digital subscriptions by midday Monday, according to two people at the paper with knowledge of internal matters. Not all cancellations take effect immediately. Still, the figure represents about 8% of the paper’s paid circulation of 2.5 million subscribers, which includes print as well. The number of cancellations continued to grow Monday afternoon.

A corporate spokesperson declined to comment, citing The Washington Post Co.'s status as a privately held company.

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[–] OneRedFox@beehaw.org 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Remember when Bernie Sanders got dismissed as a crackpot Trumpian conspiracy theorist for suggesting that a multi-billionaire owning WaPo influences its coverage? Much like how most of a glacier is underwater, most of the influence is more subtle than this and has been happening behind the scenes for ages; I'm just impressed with how brazen it's getting.

[–] drwho@beehaw.org 5 points 2 weeks ago

This is endgame. The folks on top decided that there's no point in being surreptitious anymore and they're acting openly, because who can do anything about it?