WaPo's Matt Murray told staff the paper is shuttering sports, moving remaining staff to features, shrinking foreign coverage, restructuring metro, closing books coverage, suspending Post Reports podcast
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
Feb 4, 2026 13:57Just close the doors. When the paper of record for the capitol of the USA does less reportage than the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel it no longer exists.
New media systems which cannot be touched by capital must be built. I'd look to the Defector or the Onion for a model.
This is the paper owned by the guy who just blew $75,000,000 on the Melania flick.
But WaPo? He's letting it twist in the wind.
I have a good idea! 💡
How about they just sell the storied newspaper to an entity that isn’t trying to curry favor from a fascist barnstorming, nincompoop?
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