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The initial wave after #Bezos's decision to kill a planned endorsement of Kamala Harris resulted in over 300,000 cancellations. The recent announcement of a “libertarian-focused” opinion section has led to another wave of over 75,000 cancellations.

[…] The rapid-fire cancellations since Wednesday represent a historic level of reader fury over the changes. Yet they are only the most recent wave in a series of mass cancellations that began in late October. That was when Bezos killed a planned endorsement of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Between then and Election Day, more than 300,000 subscribers canceled the Post, as NPR first reported last month. That was more than 12% of digital subscribers, which make up the vast majority of the paper's paid circulation.

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/28/nx-s1-5312819/washington-post-bezos-subscriptions-cancellations

Kudos to #NPR, #AP, #Wired (covering #musk) and the #Guardian for the continued professional and in-depth reporting on the U.S. quick sliding into authoritarianism under #trump.