Washington Post Grasps for New Direction as Trump-Era Boom Fades

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Maybe Bezos takes on The Athletic as another loss leader but also a way to broaden the WaPo’s appeal beyond political junkies. This is in-depth business analysis from me and in no way a pitch to cut me a break on bundling subscriptions from two different sites I already pay for, honest.

 

The Washington Post still has 2.7 million subscribers. I'm paying $150/year. I'm sure a bunch are paying more. So they're bringing in probably north of $400 million in subscription revenue. That's before factoring in advertising, paid events, other sources of revenue. No need to hold a GoFundMe yet.

 

My objective (I think) view:

I like some of the Washington Post beat writers. And it does sports better.

But the Times, however imperfectly, tells me more about America. Art, food, culture, it has better more provocative regular and guest opinion writers. And the Web site looks better.

 

As many of us predicted, NYT lost some of the Trump haters. Next will be cancellation of Samantha Bee's tv show.

 

Also: the Times has a much better mobile app.

 

Not sure if I like the whole premise of this thread. Like Trump and only Trump has driven newsgathering the last 5-6 years?

 

The Post is a much better local paper for DC than the Times is a local paper for NYC.

 

The purpose of this story was for Trumpists -- led by Murdoch -- to get an erection lasting more than four hours.

 

What, he's no longer a grifter? This is the gift that keeps on giving.

 

The Boston Globe’s (alleged) subscription numbers would counter that. They say they’re at like 225k for online now. They have gained maybe 10 percent YOY.