bezos is simply following in the grand rich idiot tradition of gannett, advance publications, and many other private newspaper owners before him. he's merely wealthy enough to sink a more prestigious brand than the times-picayune

February 04, 2026 - 14:58 UTC

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bezos is also just following in the proud washington tradition of Dan Snyder of being a rich idiot who doesn't understand what makes the thing he bought good
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the quote posts are really determined to believe bad things can only have one cause and bad people can only have one motivation. that seems really convenient to me but i guess i'm stupid and naive for noticing patterns that predate 2020
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If the Epstein files have proven anything, it's that wealthy dipshits are almost certainly ruining everything out of pure dumb-assery and not because they are capable of any long-term thinking or planning.
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In the current moment having a working memory longer than one month is a mental disorder.
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Another notch on Hanlon's razor
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People delude themselves into thinking just because one person was successful in one thing automatically means they are successful in another thing.
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Everything happens in a vacuum. Nothing is because of anything else. All anyone can do is react.
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Yeah, Gannett Decay slowly killed my regional daily over the last 25 years or so. I distinctly remember a few years ago when my parents told me they finally cancelled the delivery subscription they'd had since the 1970s. Through the early 2000s it was one of the best regionals in the country, too.
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No, you're exactly right. A big part of what's wrong with our economy now is we've got a lot of people who own businesses who really don't want to be in the business.
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people taking "the end of history" seriously
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The worst part is that he's, what, the second-richest man in the world? He could bankroll the whole thing at a loss and barely notice the spare change he'd lose.

He either doesn't care, or he's doing it deliberately.
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It's deliberate.
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Nathan J Robinson, perhaps?
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You don’t think the “newspaper” as a concept slowly dying to the far superior concept of “the internet” has anything to do with this?

When was the last time you saw anyone read the actual Washington Post?

People stare at their phones, skimming through dozens of articles, from different publishers.
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Before Gannett, the Des Moines Register was one of the nation's great newspapers, with its own DC bureau. It took home more Pulitzers than any other paper, excepting only the NYT.

Now it's pretty much USA Today with a little local content.
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It’s herbs all the way down
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