More Than 60,000 Washington Post Customers Canceled Subscriptions After Jeff Bezos Axed 44% of Reporters [View all]

Source: MEDIAite

Mar 14th, 2026, 5:46 pm


The sweeping job cuts that Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos supported led to more than 60,000 customers canceling their digital subscriptions last month, according to a report from The New York Times on Saturday.

The story — titled “How Jeff Bezos Upended the Washington Post” — looked at how the Amazon founder has played a larger role at his paper in recent years. Bezos was able to convince executive editor Matt Murray to stick around late last year and handle hundreds of job cuts alongside then-CEO and publisher Will Lewis, according to the report.

WaPo ended up laying off roughly 350 reporters out of 800 in February — accounting for 44% of its journalists. “The sports and books departments were folded, and the metro section was gutted,” The Times reported. “Most international correspondents and editors were laid off.”

In response, more than 60,000 digital subscribers ditched the paper in the week following the job cuts, according to the NYT report.

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