Washington Post editor acknowledges concern over possible 'death spiral' at newspaper after major layoffs

Fox ^ | 2-26-26 | Elizabeth Heckman

[dynachrome]

The Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray spoke out Wednesday after massive layoffs recently rocked the outlet.

"I'd say the reality is that the Post had been facing some decline for quite some time," Murray told Semafor media editor Max Tani at the Restoring Trust in Media Summit in Washington, D.C. "The data really demonstrated that."

Murray added that the Post had been on a five-year trajectory of "losing revenues" and seeing subscriptions "wane."

He said the outlet invested in editing resources and "some areas of coverage" during the coronavirus pandemic in an attempt to adjust to the "new level of normal."

[dynachrome]

Gee, that's a shame.

[shelterguy]

“””Murray added that the Post had been on a five-year trajectory of “losing revenues” and seeing subscriptions “wane.” “”””

That’s because nobody buys newspapers and they don’t pay for “news”.

[an amused spectator]

Burn, Washit Post.

[Seaplaner]

Maybe if they just made up stuff to support leftie causes they could work out of this?

[Fledermaus]

It’s because it’s not a news organization. Only DC people probably even buy it.

It’s a propaganda rag.

[rdl6989]

What will the world do without the Com-post?

[Libloather]

[DUMBGRUNT]

Write if you find work.

[jroehl]

Using AI tools, couldn’t about 10 white guys put out a WP style newspaper on a daily basis?

[Empire_of_Liberty]

That’s because nobody buys newspapers and they don’t pay for “news”.

Your post made me think. Not that I have any motivation to save printed paper, but I believe we have already passed the point where the Internet can, in any way, be trusted. AI is going to make electronic media impossible to trust.

Printed paper could see a revival as the only trustable news source - if they wanted the job.

[shelterguy]

I expect you are right. People are lazy and will believe whatever the internet tells them. Whoever gets the “news” out first and fastest wins.

[Brian Griffin]

Maybe Amazon could sell product links on the electronic versions of the Post.

Would you like to add a link on the Washington Post, servicing some of America’s richest suburbs?

[Rummyfan]

"I'd say the reality is that the Post had been facing some decline for quite some time," Murray told Semafor media editor Max Tani at the Restoring Trust in Media Summit in Washington, D.C.

[Huskrrrr]

It’s dead, Matt.

[Rummyfan]

Pravda on the Potomac...

The Washington Compost...

Still and all, if they dropped the bias and actually reported news, and sports and style in such a way that people would want to read it it could survive. But the staff will never do that.

[Rummyfan]

I buy A New York Post once or twice a week. Great sports section.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

So, reading print still has value, to you? I assume you could get what you read on-line, but there is a preference for print?

I ask because I don’t read a newspaper, but I enjoy reading books. Somehow, the experience on a tablet or Kindle is not the same.

[Allegra]

Still and all, if they dropped the bias and actually reported news, and sports and style in such a way that people would want to read it it could survive. But the staff will never do that.

And they haven’t for decades.

[sauropod]

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[FlingWingFlyer]

Wow! That’s too bad. The “media” is the greatest threat to America.