No one said this decision would be easy.
I vote for choice b.
“Is it better for the Compost to go belly up, or to die a slow, painful death, steadily hemorrhaging Bezos’ money?
No one said this decision would be easy.”
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How about both. The Compost goes belly up but still barely holds on as its extremities suffer gangrene. Bezos has to infuse massive quantities of money to hold off imminent death but the rotting of the Compost’s tissues continues. Bezos has his operatives conduct amputation after amputation but the rot and decay still spreads. Finally Bezos, having bled much of his fortune, gives up after seeing the rot has spread throughout the Compost’s body and payroll can no longer be met. The Washington Post is finally left to its inevitable death.
The Bankruptcy Court later sells the name and much of the remaining physical plant to the Koch brothers.
President Ted Cruz is invited to cut the ribbon as the Washington Post restarts under new ownership and new staff.