Posted on 11/24/2024 3:42:15 AM PST by Libloather
The Washington Post used to be one of the best gigs in journalism. No longer.
In a business where it generally sucks to be an employee (except for the NY Post, of course), the “WaPo,” as it is known in journalism circles, has really descended into the abyss, On The Money has learned.
Top reporters want out of what they see as crappy new work conditions and possibly more layoffs coming.
It’s a shame, of course. The paper and its journalists — think Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and their dogged pursuit of Watergate — set the gold standard for reporting. They are the reason so many went into the business, including yours truly.
Sure, Woodward remains at the paper, as do many amazing reporters. But the decline of print as a viable business model, plus the leftward lurch of a new generation of ink-stained wretches that turns off readers, has decimated readership — and the paper’s balance sheet.
The Post changed hands years ago from the Graham family to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. He’s one of the world’s richest men, but he hates losing money, people who know him tell On The Money. That includes the tens of millions a year he’s sinking into the paper.
Bezos brought in new management this year like publisher Will Lewis, a WSJ alum (the WSJ and the NY Post share common ownership), to de-woke the place and help it at the very least break even. But it’s either not working or not working well enough to satisfy Bezos’ desire to stop throwing good money after bad, people close to him say.
That’s why in addition to financial discipline (some recent layoffs, and possibly more in the future), Lewis is demanding some personal discipline as well.
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Bwahahahahaha hahaha
FTA——Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is one of the world’s richest men, but he hates losing money. That includes the tens of millions a year he’s sinking into the paper his holding company bought for $250 million in October 2013.
Bezos brought in new management to de-woke the place and at the very least break even.
But it’s not working well enough to stop throwing good money after bad, people close to him say.
Insert the that’s a shame gif
Charlie Gasbag whining again.
Print media committed suicide by lying just like the MSM did. No sympathy.
That certainly doesn't speak well for you.
Maybe Elon Musk will buy it.
the “WaPo,” as it is known in journalism circles
known as the “compost” in other circles
the compost’s leftward lurch is recent?
The Compost remains an unreadable leftist dumpster fire.
Recent headlines:
Note the date—lol—https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/25/half-us-thinks-trumps-fascist-one-12-them-support-him/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/01/trumps-latest-violent-fantasy/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/24/trump-election-extremism-threats-violence/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/21/trump-crime-fear/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/01/liz-cheney-trump-guns-shooting/
See my tagline.
Boo freaking hoo. I subscribed to the online version just so I could read Thomas Boswell on baseball; his columns were great writing. Then, just after the Nats won the WS, he got political, so I canceled my subscription. I read that he has retired, so no more Pravda on the Potomac for me!
Print media across the country runs AP news. The rag we subscribe to runs their trash and it’s no different than MSNBC or CNN. Just about any article the AP puts out is editorial grade where facts are seldom and lies are frequent.
Over the years the physical size of the paper used as well as the number of pages in a daily print are probably less than a 10th what it used to be in paper weight.
Gasbag is a PERFECT NAME for him!!!
The Compost has been a water-carrier for the CIA since the 1950s—Operation Mockingbird.
See my tagline.
The only place the WaPo is delivered to in the DC area daily is nursing homes and cat ladies.
The WaPo isn’t even worth getting as a winter fire starter anymore.
CIA and State Department Money has kept them in business for decades.
The collapse of the Soros paid propaganda machine is a beautiful thing to watch. Think of the billions of dollars wasted spreading their nefarious lies. Trump has tied them to a chair, gagged them and is holding them hostage. Wonderful.
Woodward is a talentless hack and a bald-faced liar.
Many alternatives. Many citizen journalists going out and doing real reporting. They are in the cities regarding Venezuelan gangs. On the border. Yeah, some of it is low level and amateur and raw, but often that makes it interesting. And some of it is very professional. What do these biased dinosaur behemoths have to offer me? One thing I hate about The Washington Post is I can never read their articles when I do find one I’m interested in. So I skip them. Let all their activist reporters figure it out when they get cut to the wind. I look forward when these self-important, know it all leftists and their gigs go bye bye. Bye bye MSNBC. Bye bye Washington Post. You peed the bed. Have fun laying in it.
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