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'People there are terrible'
New York Post • • business
Key Points:
- In a December 2024 dinner conversation, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos called the Washington Post his worst investment, criticizing the newsroom and business side after losing over $100 million that year.
- Two months later, Bezos directed the Post's opinion pages to focus on "personal liberties and free markets," amid subscriber backlash over the paper withholding endorsement from Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.
- In February 2025, Bezos authorized a major downsizing of the Washington Post, cutting about a third of its workforce, including all photographers and the sports section.
- The book "Regime Change" reveals Bezos' candid frustration with the Post and his attempts to align with President Trump, who also expressed dissatisfaction with the newspaper's coverage.
- The Post's former publisher Will Lewis was ousted following the layoffs due to controversy over his Super Bowl partying, and the paper had earlier reduced staff by 4% in January 2025, mainly in advertising.
