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Deminpenn

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13. The cuts really make no sense

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 08:09 AM

18 hrs ago

Financial losses at the WaPo can be easily used to offset profits in Bezos' companies.

Bezos was always greedy, but now he become more malevolent.since he ditched his first wife and buffed up his body. It makes me wonder if he used steroids or PEDs to remake his body and is a victim of "steroid rage".

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More Than 60,000 Washington Post Customers Canceled Subscriptions After Jeff Bezos Axed 44% of Reporters [View all] BumRushDaShow 22 hrs ago OP

Vote With Your Wallet Roy Rolling 21 hrs ago #1

It shows they have lots of spare change Gum Logger 19 hrs ago #4

The only thing I have on that list is Paramount + which will be toast in August Bengus81 17 hrs ago #19

"Bezos doesn't need my money..." OldBaldy1701E 19 hrs ago #11

They rely on advertisers to keep the paper in the black. Subscribers leave and so do Bengus81 16 hrs ago #24

I'm sure they can get mypillow to renew their ad subscription mdbl 13 hrs ago #26

We still receive an occasional "please come back" email from them. QueerDuck 20 hrs ago #2

Greedy scum controlling the narrative wolfie001 20 hrs ago #3

That's runaway Capitalism for ya. joshdawg 19 hrs ago #8

I cancelled my subscription in November 2024 perdita9 19 hrs ago #5

Make a new newspaper Tetrachloride 19 hrs ago #6

Not Worth the 99 cents per month I was Paying eringer 19 hrs ago #7

Many of us had already left The Post COL Mustard 19 hrs ago #9

60k sounds like a big loss, but the total number of digital subscribers to WaPo is 2.5M. TheRickles 19 hrs ago #10

It's not only the decline in numeracy, marybourg 18 hrs ago #12

This is how the NYT framed it (the piece is a lengthy long-form thing that is typical of something in the magazine) BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago #14

Interesting snip about the content's context- thanks. But still no numerical context by the Times. TheRickles 18 hrs ago #15

I haven't read the whole thing yet BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago #16

10% is getting serious! Thanks for tracking this down. TheRickles 16 hrs ago #22

That's when I canceled , but it took 6 months to actually stop since I had paid for a year fargone 10 hrs ago #31

The cuts really make no sense Deminpenn 18 hrs ago #13

As someone who worked in corporate management for years, you cannot cut your way to profitability. Lonestarblue 17 hrs ago #17

I worked for a company like that; cutting support staff produced worse cust svc Callie1979 17 hrs ago #20

I dropped it when he BOUGHT it. And I've NEVER used Amazon. How many DUeers have stopped? Callie1979 17 hrs ago #18

About the Post AverageOldGuy 16 hrs ago #21

Not enough people are willing to pay for internet content when the mindset is that it should all be "free" MichMan 16 hrs ago #23

Do people realize that Besos doesn't care edhopper 13 hrs ago #25

Bezos doesn't have to care Keepthesoulalive 12 hrs ago #28

I wasn't directed this edhopper 11 hrs ago #29

This is about ego Keepthesoulalive 11 hrs ago #30

Is THAT all? Not enough. nt jrthin 13 hrs ago #27

I cancelled my WaPo subscription after he blocked their endorsement of Kamala NEOBuckeye 10 hrs ago #32

comcast priced me out of the market years ago.::( AllaN01Bear 9 hrs ago #33

Once you decide your paper will just echo and follow the party line . . . Aussie105 7 hrs ago #34