"The Washington Post's tagline "democracy dies in darkness" has perhaps never felt truer in light of the paper's tragic gutting this week. The Jeff Bezos-owned media mainstay just cut a third of its workforce, junking the Post's daily podcast as well entire sections of the paper devoted to sports and books coverage. Getting rid of the books section might seem like the expected cost-cutting move, but for millions of fans, it could have potentially world-shaking consequences."
"As one poster recently noted on Threads, it's thanks to the Post's books coverage that Heated Rivalry creator Jacob Tierney was first turned on to the potential of Rachel Reid's Game Changers series, resulting in the gay hockey hit that has fans still on their third, fourth, and fifth rewatches of the addictive TV adaptation. "Jacob Tierney slid into Rachel Reid's DMs because of a Washington Post piece about hockey romance," wrote user deep.read.belle yesterday in response to the Post's gutting. "The Heated Rivalry TV series might never have existed if not for that article by Rachel Kurzius.""
The Washington Post cut a third of its workforce and eliminated its books section, sports coverage, and daily podcast. Those cuts remove editorial platforms that surface niche creators and connect works to wider audiences. Washington Post books coverage led Jacob Tierney to Rachel Reid's Game Changers series, prompting direct outreach and the eventual Heated Rivalry adaptation. Coverage of sports romance and hockey-themed romance helped build visibility and adaptation potential for specific titles. The loss of dedicated books coverage could interrupt future discovery and adaptation chains that rely on editorial attention.
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