Vox Media is ending its deal to distribute former Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz’s podcast and YouTube show after the journalist made a slew of explosive comments about the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a source close to the situation confirmed. Semafor scribe Max Tani, who first reported the news, revealed late Sunday that … Read more
Their ratings and circulations have cratered since Nov. 5, and now it appears that much of state-run media is circling the toilet bowl. It turns out that lying 24/7 was not a good business model long term. Who knew? In recent years, the Democrats’ assorted religious outlets and tracts have developed a language, or at … Read more
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos defended his publication’s decision not to back a presidential candidate ahead of the Nov. 5 election, insisting political endorsements “create a perception of bias.” Bezos broke his silence on the matter in an op-ed published by the Washington Post Monday night, arguing his newspaper ending its long-running practice of endorsing a candidate … Read more
At least two more staffers have penned their last story for The Washington Post as employees resign in protest over the broadsheet’s decision not to endorse Kamala Harris for the 2024 presidential election. Editorial board members David Hoffman and Molly Roberts have issued their resignations, Semafor media journalist Max Tani reported on Monday. The two … Read more
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos reportedly put the kibosh on the paper endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming election — leading to one editorial board member to quit and backlash from its left-leaning staff. The Beltway broadsheet said Friday that it will not endorse either candidate, breaking 36 years of tradition, following a … Read more
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In case you haven’t noticed, The Washington Post, despite its long-held reputation as a fearless defender of truth, has caught the woke mind virus — putting what’s left of its stature and bottom line at risk. As I point out in my soon-to-be released book titled, fittingly, “Go Woke, Go Broke,” businesses that channel left-wing … Read more
New Washington Post CEO Will Lewis is already running damage control after he ignited a firestorm at the legacy newspaper this week. “I know trust has been lost because of scars from the past and the back-and-forth from this week,” Lewis wrote Friday morning in a company-wide memo obtained by the Wall Street Journal. “Let’s … Read more
Washington Post staffers grilled the newspaper’s new CEO and publisher Will Lewis during a tense all-hands meeting — less than 24 hours after executive editor Sally Buzbee stepped down. Buzbee — the paper’s first female executive editor in its 144-year history — exited after a three-year tenure that was marred by deteriorating finances and readership, … Read more
TikTok owner ByteDance has again denied that it considered divesting the US operations of its popular short video platform, in response to a report by The Washington Post on Wednesday that such a plan existed in 2022. In a brief statement on Thursday, Beijing-based ByteDance called on Chinese social media not to spread such misinformation … Read more
