Washington Post Has Lost 250K Subscribers, LA Times 18,000 Since Owners Axed Kamala Harris Endorsements

The Washington Post’s has lost more than 250,000 subscribers, at least 50,000 of which bolted in the last 24 hours, since owner Jeff Bezos’s supiciously timed decision to kill the paper’s planned endorsement of Kamala Harris, NPR reported Tuesday.

And the Los Angeles Times has lost approximately 18,000 subscribers since owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, with similarly suspicious timing, canceled that paper’s planned endorsement of Harris, Semafor reported.

That amounts to approximately 10% of WaPo’s paying customers. And while the Los Angeles Times hasn’t been hit quite as hard as the Post, it has still lost approximately 4.5% of paying customers.

It’s the latest bad news for two media giants plunged into existential crises by billionaire 0wners that show no signs of slowing down.