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AverageOldGuy

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21. About the Post

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 10:07 AM

Sunday

I retired from the Army 30 years ago with almost 30 years of service. Had three tours in/around the Pentagon; lived in Northern Virginia each time. The Post was our hometown paper, the Red****s or NFL team. Now, after many adventures, we are back in NOVA, in our 80's, living in a small apartment.

We still subscribe to the hard-copy Sunday post. It is a small shadow of its former self. Yes, I understand that print journalism is dying and that's a historic, national tragedy. Still . . . the Sunday Post has very little advertising and most of that is replace your old tub or shower . . . . we can read the entire Sunday edition in 10-15 minutes.

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

Vote With Your Wallet Roy Rolling Sunday #1

It shows they have lots of spare change Gum Logger Sunday #4

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

"Bezos doesn't need my money..." OldBaldy1701E Sunday #11

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

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

Yes, they do. OldBaldy1701E 22 hrs ago #36

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

Greedy scum controlling the narrative wolfie001 Sunday #3

That's runaway Capitalism for ya. joshdawg Sunday #8

I cancelled my subscription in November 2024 perdita9 Sunday #5

Make a new newspaper Tetrachloride Sunday #6

Not Worth the 99 cents per month I was Paying eringer Sunday #7

Many of us had already left The Post COL Mustard Sunday #9

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

It's not only the decline in numeracy, marybourg Sunday #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 Sunday #14

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

I haven't read the whole thing yet BumRushDaShow Sunday #16

10% is getting serious! Thanks for tracking this down. TheRickles Sunday #22

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

The cuts really make no sense Deminpenn Sunday #13

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

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

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

About the Post AverageOldGuy Sunday #21

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

Do people realize that Besos doesn't care edhopper Sunday #25

Bezos doesn't have to care Keepthesoulalive Sunday #28

I wasn't directed this edhopper Sunday #29

This is about ego Keepthesoulalive Sunday #30

Is THAT all? Not enough. nt jrthin Sunday #27

I cancelled my WaPo subscription after he blocked their endorsement of Kamala NEOBuckeye Sunday #32

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

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

I wish they would approach it like cable tv and offer a couple dozen or so news options travelingthrulife 20 hrs ago #38

Yo mahina Yesterday #35

'How to kill democracy' by Jeff Bezos. travelingthrulife 20 hrs ago #37