‘Colossal’: More than 200,000 subscribers flee Washington Post after Jeff Bezos blocks Kamala endorsement

'The problem is, people don't know why the decision was made. We basically know the decision was made but we don't know what led to it'

Oct 28, 2024 - 17:28
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‘Colossal’: More than 200,000 subscribers flee Washington Post after Jeff Bezos blocks Kamala endorsement
Jeff Bezos in November 2022 (Video screenshot)
Jeff Bezos in November 2022 (Video screenshot)
Jeff Bezos

(NPR) — The Washington Post has been rocked by a tidal wave of cancellations from digital subscribers and a series of resignations from columnists, as the paper grapples with the fallout of owner Jeff Bezos’ decision to block an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris for president.

More than 200,000 people had canceled their digital subscriptions by midday Monday, according to two people at the paper with knowledge of internal matters. Not all cancellations take effect immediately. Still, the figure represents about 8% of the paper’s paid circulation of 2.5 million subscribers, which includes print as well. The number of cancellations continued to grow Monday afternoon.
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