"The internet is positively ALIVE with people offering The Washington Post free advice following its massive layoffs on Wednesday. I compiled a bunch of it from Twitter and Bluesky, and present it here in no particular order. I had to draw a line somewhere so this post is limited to stuff people posted either yesterday or this morning, and you will notice that the "fixes" section also includes some "it's doomed," pronouncements, sorry about that."
""WP's recent golden age coincided with the paper projecting a clear stance against White House overreach. Even a far-right conservative can see that the 'democracy dies in darkness' sears saw a boom in subscriptions, as liberal readers patronized a news organization that was fiercely reporting on and standing up to an unpopular president... WaPo has made many, many strategic errors in the last few years - letting Politico walk out the door, failing to build a Politico Pro model, failing to build its own Punchbowl business,"
Public responses from Twitter and Bluesky offered free advice after the Washington Post's massive layoffs. The collected suggestions include both proposed fixes and pessimistic 'it's doomed' pronouncements. Commentators attribute decline to strategic errors such as losing Politico talent, failing to build subscription products like Politico Pro or a Punchbowl business, underbuilding events and lifestyle offerings, over-hiring as subscriptions declined, and not emulating the New York Times' lifestyle diversification. Several posts criticize Jeff Bezos for pouring money into unprofitable expansions, subsidizing low-readership sections, expanding internationally, and funding multimedia experiments without clear sustainable revenue.
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