all i want from billionaire owners is transparency - ask them to put things like WaPo on a 2x2 of "hands-on, hands-off" and "run it like a business, run it like a hobby"
If Bezos wants to run it like a business, then i guess it really doesn't matter whether he could fund it 100x or not. These cuts might be short-sighted (to both his personal brand and stated societal goals) but relying on billionaires to fund news orgs out of pocket seems less than optimal too.
all i want from billionaire owners is transparency - ask them to put things like WaPo on a 2x2 of "hands-on, hands-off" and "run it like a business, run it like a hobby"
If Bezos wants to run it like a business, then i guess it really doesn't matter whether he could fund it 100x or not. These cuts might be short-sighted (to both his personal brand and stated societal goals) but relying on billionaires to fund news orgs out of pocket seems less than optimal too.
big ups to this comment for nuance and fairness
one issue re: the last bit there hunter is that I read that the Post was bleeding subs. must have been that + the decline in ad spend? alas :(