Jeff Bezos killed the Washington Post on Wednesday. Worst of all, not that it’s a contest, but the Washington Post will now be a lot less Washingtonian. “The ecosystem of news and information, on- and off-platform, is changing radically,” Murray wrote to his staffers, fired and not. Bezos wanted the Post to die, because a vigorous, well-resourced Washington Post does not suit his vision for the world or his own bottom line. There is no conservative audience in the wings just waiting to subscribe to the Washington Post if the paper is a little bit friendlier to Trump.

Source: Washington Post February 06, 2026 02:37 UTC