The biggest eyebrow raiser was elimination the sports desk. They also removed the Books section. Also local news is being reduced.
I always thought the Post had some of the better sportswriters in the business. Guess they were too expensive in today’s climate.
A sign of the times. Local and national newspapers hurting. Advertisers have so many other options for their targeted audience.
I wonder how long the Houston Chronicle has in this digital age.
Yea, targeted marketing is the downfall, now everyone just wants to be fed only news/stories that confirm their biases, and the advertisers know this.
I think the paper’s lean to the left hurt circulation. When you show distain for readers of a certain political philosophy, you will lose that circulation. You have to appeal to the broadest number of readers possible and, unfortunately, most papers have taken a side which will limit the number of readers…
I don’t know that the lean to any one side made much of a difference in circulation.The overall trend has been circulation being down across the board for print media.
Though some of it is a self-perpetuating cycle, circulation is down so we cut coverage because of expenses taking away what people wanted to read thus further eroding circulation. Like killing the entire sports and books sections, I’m sure people read just for those sections so they will now lose those subscribers too.
Please don’t take this political.
All the Newspapers are Online. The expense of printing seems to help accelerate this.
And I do not need their sports articles as the Internet is full of such info. ESPN,alone, has tons of sports news.
We have a splintered world of news sources.
Until recently, I used to get the Houston Chronicle delivered. Now I just pay for online access. I kind of miss reading the morning paper over scrolling through articles, but the cost of delivery for the paper doesn’t make financial sense.
I’m guessing paper subscriptions are way down, but online subscriptions are up.
That’s true but in certain places like, DC, the newspaper is/was a must read. In their case, the wounds are self-inflicted
You either report facts or this is another opinion piece.
They lost all credibility by reporting false information time and time again relying on unnamed sources.
News can only be reported with facts. You do not? All trust is gone.
The press has currently it lowest trust number. This is not a coincidence.
This is more about Bezos pandering than anything related to content.
Newspapers have always reflected the bias of their owners. Cable news is the extreme version of this.
You can pretend it’s all turned political lately, but I can point to moves the Washington Post has made this year alone that shred your take.
No one wants Cronkite anymore. They want someone to reinforce their biases.
Plenty of facts are reported all the time, but in the era of fake “fake news” garbage, everyone thinks they’re being fed lies. They only want “facts” that confirm their pre-held conceptions, and claim everything else is “fake news”.
Reporting facts has gotten expensive because of the BS lawsuits.
see also: bribery
Two words: Jeff Bezos.
It ain’t what you say it is anymore.
I recently was diagnosed with a cataract. Newspaper reading makes it easy (ier) somewhat till surgery vs on my smartphone. I get the Chronicle delivered daily and surprisingly, past months it’s been getting thicker. Nothing like back in the day, but I am noticing a slight uptick in advertising.
I still find it idiotic, all sports scores are “late” as deadlines now are 8p. I was told this directly by the Sports editor.
I’m at 4.99 a week. 
Can’t really complain. Then again I get Sirius for $9 a month.
I’ve heard the same complaint from journalists on both sides of the aisle. Bezos has not devoted any attention to WAPO. Between Blue Origin, Amazon cozying up to the Pres, and hopscotching across the globe, like most billionaires, WAPO is an afterthought.
Not true Jason. True journalism still exist. Facts are facts.
Unnamed sources did the post in. That is their fault.
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