I just got an E-mail from WAPO

[Otto_Harper]

The e-mail is an offer to subscribe at a GREATLY reduced price.
I think this is a good indication that they are feeling the results of their political cowardice.
This fast. Basically immediately.

[irisblue]

1. Washington Post report: Subscriber loss after non-endorsement reaches a quarter million

Source-https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/30/washington-post-endorsement-subscribers/845fb69c-970e-11ef-939a-5dd38bf140e0_story.html


snip-"The Washington Post has lost at least 250,000 subscribers since announcing last Friday that it would not endorse a candidate for president — roughly 10 percent of its digital following, the newspaper reported Wednesday."

The Post would not officially confirm that figure, saying it was a private company, but it was reported in a story in the newspaper that cited documents and two unnamed sources who were familiar with the figures. Another non-endorsement last week has caused thousands of Los Angeles Times readers to cancel subscriptions, although not nearly at the Post’s level."

snip-"The Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos, said presidential endorsements create a perception of bias at the newspaper while having little real influence on how readers vote. His said his only regret was making the decision known when passions are heated so close to Election Day; the paper’s editorial staff had reportedly prepared an endorsement of Democrat Kamala Harris."



snip-"“A lot of people would have forgotten about the Harris endorsement slated to run in the newspaper,” the Post’s media critic, Erik Wemple, wrote. “Few will forget about the decision not to publish it.”



More there.

Yes I am enjoying the irony of using WaPo for this.
Bezos' smart OpEd hurt more then it helped IMO

[efhmc]

2. Many people do pay attention to the manipulation of the press and will stop their subscptions if the paper is shown to

be prejudiced.

[peggysue2]

3. Richly deserved!

Message sent and received. Hope they lose more.

[Wonder Why]

4. How much are they paying you to subscribe? 😁

[BootinUp]

5. I'll check if I have one I can trash. Nt

[ificandream]

6. I got that immediately after I canceled my subscription.

I think it's kind of an automatic thing and not necessarily related to the current situation.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

7. I cancelled them months ago and I get those kind of offers often.

[Backseat Driver]

8. I got the same, LOL, when times were tougher, each time I tried to cancel. (Originally, a 30-day $1 trial)

Billing history

Bill date

Description
Amount
Receipt
2/2/24
All-Access Digital
$29.00

2/1/23
All-Access Digital
$40.00

2/1/22
All-Access Digital
$9.99

2/1/21
All-Access Digital
$29.00

1/4/21
All-Access Digital
$1

[Mosby]

9. They are offering me $5/month.

Not a bad price tbh.

[obamanut2012]

10. Same

lol no.

[niyad]

11. I have been getting offers of $1/month for at least three months now.

I just delete them.

[onecaliberal]

12. Tots and pears.

[Maggiemayhem]

13. It might be more effective if

Cancel Amazon too.

[Dear_Prudence]

14. Slate, go pound sand.

The Slate publication advises that we cancel Amazon instead. No. I cancelled WaPo as a political act and because I feel like their integrity might be compromised. You might remember the 2018 NPR news story: "Video reveals power of Sinclair, as local news anchors recite script in unison". It hit me so hard to see our local newscaster become a corporate parrot that I even began to mistrust our local Channel 12 weather report. Paranoid, maybe so, but the next year, Trump altered the Dorian hurricane map with a Sharpie! So, too bad for the WaPo journalists, but I am not paying for gagged news or opinion edited with a Sharpie. As for Amazon, I don't suspect that the silly light media content that I personally consume will be compromised and, as a person with limited mobility, I "let my fingers do the walking" for much of my shopping. So, Slate, you make some excellent points. Now, go pound sand.


https://slate.com/business/2024/10/washington-post-endorsement-election-cancel-jeff-bezos.html

[mdbl]

15. Tell them they have to convince the staff that quit to come back

before you'll re-subscribe.

[Trueblue Texan]

16. I doubt it...

Every time I drop a subscription, I get the same sort of greatly reduced rate to re subscribe.


But wouldn't it be nice?

[progressoid]

17. Meh.

They've been doing that on FB for months.

[Marcuse]

18. When prompted for my reason for cancellation I wrote, "Because democracy dies in the darkness."

[Zambero]

19. Price

WAPO's cowardly actions caused THEM to pay a price.