Jeff Jarvis
The Times' rendition of Bezos', Ryan's, and Lewis' breakage of the #BrokenPost. Not surprisingly and not without reason, it's told with kid gloves. That is to say: It's so much worse.
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How Jeff Bezos Upended The Washington Post https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/business/media/washington-post-jeff-bezos-layoffs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TFA.F9nv.aXAhy1PO1BZR&smid=tw-share
How Jeff Bezos Upended The Washington Post

The billionaire newspaper owner, dissatisfied by years of losses, wants the newsroom to double productivity with half its budget.

The New York Times
Mar 14 at 4:03pmWeb
Show threadJonathan6d ago
@jeffjarvis Bezos demands data driven decisions from his minions but doesn’t use data in his own decision making. If he did, they wouldn’t be bleeding subscribers based on his own actions.
Show threadAndreas K6d ago

@jeffjarvis
Well that's an optimized version off the good old fire 10% of the employees and let the ones left over be happy that they are allowed to work more for less

Twice the work for half the budget is optimizing many of these -10% steps into one.

Show threadPer Helge Berrefjord5d ago
@jeffjarvis
«…Reduce the newsroom’s budget by half and double the productivity of those who remained…»
Which have happened over here (Norway) since the beginning of the century, over and over again – in just about ALL papers. For the last 10 years; ended in slavery for the remainers. No 4th estate journalists and editors left in the papers.