This might be bad if the point of owning a newspaper was to make money.

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I wonder if this is also a indication how much people actually value their WP (and by extension other major newspapers) subscription? And how much paying for subscription is kind of charity for them (support of independent journalism, etc.)?

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200K left but some other might also join. And if taking no stance makes your audiences leave, it might just be a symptom of an existing condition.

BTW, I do not think Bezos needs npr to remind him the financial consequences.

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Well, way more people are aware of the intended endorsement than would have paid any attention if it had been published as expected. Nobody was going to be surprised about WaPo endorsing the democratic candidate.

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Oh, they had more subscribers than I expected.