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Bengus81

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24. They rely on advertisers to keep the paper in the black. Subscribers leave and so do

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Reply #11)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 10:41 AM

16 hrs ago

advertisers. Same with a TV shows,radio.

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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 18 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

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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

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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

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This is about ego Keepthesoulalive 11 hrs ago #30

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