Washington Post Hit With 200,000-Plus Subscriber Cancelations After Jeff Bezos Nixed Presidential Endorsement: Report
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor More than 200,000 people have canceled their subscriptions to the Washington Post — about 8% of its base — after Jeff Bezos, the paper’s owner and founder of Amazon, barred the editorial board from running a presidential endorsement, according to a report.
NPR, citing anonymous sources, cited the figure in a report and said the number of cancelations “continued to grow” on Monday afternoon.
The controversy threatens to put a major dent in the Washington Post’s circulation of 2.5 million subscribers. Reached by Variety, a Washington Post rep declined to comment on the report, noting that as a private company it doesn’t share subscriber numbers.
On Friday, Washington Post CEO and publisher William Lewis wrote in an article on the paper’s website that “The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election.
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