More than 60,000 Washington Post customers canceled subscriptions after Bezos’ last move

The Washington Post just lost a massive chunk of customers following sweeping job cuts.

Following the decision to pare down the outlet’s workforce by about 350 reporters, which was supported by owner Jeff Bezos, customers spoke out in the most impactful way they could. Over 60,000 people protested the choice to eliminate 44% of the paper’s journalists by canceling their subscriptions, according to The New York Post.

“In the end, the sports and books departments were folded, and the metro section was gutted. Most international correspondents and editors were laid off, including those in the Middle East, just weeks before the United States and Israel attacked Iran,” the outlet wrote. “More than 60,000 readers canceled their digital subscriptions that week, according to an internal document reviewed by The Times. (A spokeswoman for The Post disputed that figure but declined to provide an alternate number.)”

The WaPo offers two subscription tiers, “Core” and “Premium,” at both monthly and annual rates. For the first year, subscribers can pay $40 or $60 for an annual renewal, with prices skyrocketing to $140 and $190/year afterward.

This means that, if the numbers from the NYT are true, WaPo could lose $2.4million per year at a minimum.

X users reacted to the story:

This is how they talk about the legendary @washingtonpost, like it’s a fucking Amazon warehouse: “Increased costs and decreases in output,” Mr. D’Onofrio said, according to the recording, “that’s resulted in a doubling of costs for story-units since 2020.”

— Niraj (@uscaero) March 14, 2026

Bezos has all but destroyed one of America’s great newspapers. What a shameful legacy.

— Steve Sullivan (@StevejazzSteve) March 14, 2026

Now do an article about how the NYTs have lost all credibility over the years. Start with the Russia hoax.

— M.H. (@MH10929817) March 14, 2026

Propaganda written by anti-American imbeciles is not journalism.

— KRREECE (@krreece73466) March 14, 2026

No one cares about the Washington Post. It’s a liberal rag. If Bezos ends up ruining it and shutting it down, all the better.

— Thomas Luby (@luby_thoma48833) March 14, 2026

Take a hint, your fake Puliizers for the Russian Dossier story, for which it is now common knowledge that HRC paid for that fake dossier. You are next to get the cuts, or to close the doors forever. Nobody trusts you anymore. You are literaly fake news

— Dino Gutierrez (@authordino) March 15, 2026

Go Woke, go broke

Take heed NYT🤝#Failing #NewYorkTimes https://t.co/B13YUTAGeT

— Paul Robertson 🇺🇸 (@ShadeSalvo) March 14, 2026

Because the expose on the NYT would be so much worse. https://t.co/2g3PW5E1ii

— SowellFood (@SowellFood) March 14, 2026

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