Charlotte Klein at New York magazine unloaded the terrible financial news at The Washington Post: “Even before 250,000 digital readers unsubscribed from the Washington Post in protest, the paper was on track to lose at least as much money as it lost last year: $77 million.” Isn’t that chump change for billionaire owner Jeff Bezos? It certainly gives him a reason to push changes, which she calls a “crackdown.”
“Mind-blowing,” as one staffer put it. “The level of anger is through the roof, and fear is also through the roof. There’s huge concern that Bezos is going to pull the plug.”
That’s unlikely, Klein suggests, but Bezos “and his already controversial publisher pick, Will Lewis — seems determined to fix the paper, whether the current staff likes it or not.”
Interim executive editor Matt Murray and managing editor Matea Gold are the two…
