Democracy Dies In Dumbness

[Kyle]

WaPo boss sounds alarm over dwindling audience in heated staff meeting: 'People are not reading your stuff'


'Let’s not sugarcoat it... We are losing large amounts of money,' Washington Post publisher William Lewis said




Washington Post publisher and CEO William Lewis had a blunt message for his staff during a tense meeting following the sudden ouster of executive editor Sally Buzbee, according to the paper's own reporting.

"We are going to turn this thing around, but let’s not sugarcoat it. It needs turning around," Lewis told the paper. "We are losing large amounts of money. Your audience has halved in recent years. People are not reading your stuff. Right. I can’t sugarcoat it anymore."

Lewis informed his staff Sunday night that Buzbee, who joined the Post in 2021, was parting ways with the paper "effective immediately." He announced her temporary replacement would be former Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Matt Murray, who is expected to hold the position through the 2024 election cycle, and that the paper was being restructured into "three newsrooms," in hopes of turning things around for the beleaguered "Democracy Dies in Darkness" publication.

WaPo boss sounds alarm over dwindling audience in heated staff meeting: 'People are not reading your stuff'

Washington Post publisher William Lewis offered a grim assessment of the state of the paper during a staff meeting following the ousting of its executive editor.

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[limblips]

I have always held their readers suspect. Only idiots would pay to be indoctrinated. Everything they print is available for free with a short search and it is usually devoid of leftist programming. Now for fun, let's see who jumps in to defend the rag.

 

[Tech]

Had a cousin that was one of the editors at the Post, the liberal branch of the tree.

 

[gemma_rae]

I have always held their readers suspect. Only idiots would pay to be indoctrinated. Everything they print is available for free with a short search and it is usually devoid of leftist programming. Now for fun, let's see who jumps in to defend the rag.

Momma likes the TV Guide on Sunday.

 

[Hijinx]

When you antagonize half of your audience, you cannot expect to sell your papers to that half.
The Washington Post, the New York times they are both anti Republican.
They sell their papers to Democrat and no Republican wants to read their tripe.

Newspapers should be neutral and report facts in a non-biased way.

 

[Gilligan]

When you antagonize half of your audience, you cannot expect to sell your papers to that half.
The Washington Post, the New York times they are both anti Republican.
They sell their papers to Democrat and no Republican wants to read their tripe.

Newspapers should be neutral and report facts in a non-biased way.

I was a subscriber to the WaPo 40+ years ago. It changed a lot since...

 

[Hijinx]

I was a subscriber to the WaPo 40+ years ago. It changed a lot since...

Yes. I once subscribed to it also.

 

[SamSpade]

There is, first of all - newspapers are dying. It's hard to even FIND one these days. Second, ditto delivery. Very few are even having it delivered.

But there is, as long as the media becomes hyper polarized - a huge segment of the nation that has zero desire to go to a site that can never be fair to conservatives. As far as I know, the WaPo has never endorsed a Republican candidate for President - even when it was Reagan, who won in landslides.

I do know they have endorsed a Republican at LEAST ONCE - but I'd be hard pressed to name more than one.

 

[Sneakers]

I was a subscriber to the WaPo 40+ years ago. It changed a lot since...

Our Sunday paper was the NY Times. Used to be a very good, unbiased paper.

 

[Merlin99]

Our Sunday paper was the Detroit Free Press, it was about as thick as a telephone book and full of other things. Parade magazine, a tv guide, around town…the most important part though was the funny papers.

 

[my-thyme]

If they would deliver down here, auntie would still be a subscriber.

Now, I get to drive to Sheetz every morning and pay twice the $$$ for it.