Canceled Wapo - suggestions for local sports coverage?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would like to believe all these predictions that people who canceled their Post subscriptions are going to resubscribe, but I don't know that I'd bank on it if I were the Post.

Agree. I rarely actually read it online anymore so decided cancelling as a protest vote was a little empty. Like boycotting Chik fil a or Hobby Lobby when I never go there anyway. I read other papers but seem to be able to get by without the Post and others may find the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would like to believe all these predictions that people who canceled their Post subscriptions are going to resubscribe, but I don't know that I'd bank on it if I were the Post.

To a certain extent I think the Post is probably happy not to have this group as a core customer base. It was a big mistake to market themselves as a newspaper wrapped up in the “Resistance!”. As a result they attracted a subscriber base who are not primarily concerned with news reporting but in opinion and more precisely how that opinion gets reflected in news reporting. Now they need to find a new identity and brand in order to just go back to being a newspaper again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would like to believe all these predictions that people who canceled their Post subscriptions are going to resubscribe, but I don't know that I'd bank on it if I were the Post.

Agree. I rarely actually read it online anymore so decided cancelling as a protest vote was a little empty. Like boycotting Chik fil a or Hobby Lobby when I never go there anyway. I read other papers but seem to be able to get by without the Post and others may find the same.

With the metro gutted, it’s a worse version of the nytimes. The times has a better website, the athletic, games and cooking. If the post has real local coverage, that would be different, but they gave that up a while ago

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would like to believe all these predictions that people who canceled their Post subscriptions are going to resubscribe, but I don't know that I'd bank on it if I were the Post.

Agree. I rarely actually read it online anymore so decided cancelling as a protest vote was a little empty. Like boycotting Chik fil a or Hobby Lobby when I never go there anyway. I read other papers but seem to be able to get by without the Post and others may find the same.

With the metro gutted, it’s a worse version of the nytimes. The times has a better website, the athletic, games and cooking. If the post has real local coverage, that would be different, but they gave that up a while ago

This is exactly the Posts problem right now. Without the left wing Resistance! bias, it’s just a poor man’s NYT. The day the paper died wasn’t the day they decided not to endorse, it was the day they added “Democracy Dies in Darkness” at the top.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will miss the wapo sports section. Any recs where I can read about DC sports online?

Yeah, resubscribe to the WaPo so you get your beloved sports section back. The only people you hurt by canceling your subscription are the journalists and other staff -- most of whom are as angry at Bezos and Lewis as we profess to be.

Husband works in WaPo sports department. Thank you to all who who said this ^ and are keeping subscriptions. I can’t beg people to reconsider but I hope they will. Reporters and regular people did not make the endorsement decision and don’t agree with it. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will miss the wapo sports section. Any recs where I can read about DC sports online?

Yeah, resubscribe to the WaPo so you get your beloved sports section back. The only people you hurt by canceling your subscription are the journalists and other staff -- most of whom are as angry at Bezos and Lewis as we profess to be.

Husband works in WaPo sports department. Thank you to all who who said this ^ and are keeping subscriptions. I can’t beg people to reconsider but I hope they will. Reporters and regular people did not make the endorsement decision and don’t agree with it. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

The local sports coverage (professional, college, through high school prep) is invaluable. We’ve kept our daily print (and hence digital) subscription even while neighbors and friends have stopped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would like to believe all these predictions that people who canceled their Post subscriptions are going to resubscribe, but I don't know that I'd bank on it if I were the Post.

To a certain extent I think the Post is probably happy not to have this group as a core customer base. It was a big mistake to market themselves as a newspaper wrapped up in the “Resistance!”. As a result they attracted a subscriber base who are not primarily concerned with news reporting but in opinion and more precisely how that opinion gets reflected in news reporting. Now they need to find a new identity and brand in order to just go back to being a newspaper again.

I think they'd probably rather not have lost 10 percent (at least) of their subscribers in like four days, no matter what their subscribers think about politics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would like to believe all these predictions that people who canceled their Post subscriptions are going to resubscribe, but I don't know that I'd bank on it if I were the Post.

Agree. I rarely actually read it online anymore so decided cancelling as a protest vote was a little empty. Like boycotting Chik fil a or Hobby Lobby when I never go there anyway. I read other papers but seem to be able to get by without the Post and others may find the same.

With the metro gutted, it’s a worse version of the nytimes. The times has a better website, the athletic, games and cooking. If the post has real local coverage, that would be different, but they gave that up a while ago

This is exactly the Posts problem right now. Without the left wing Resistance! bias, it’s just a poor man’s NYT. The day the paper died wasn’t the day they decided not to endorse, it was the day they added “Democracy Dies in Darkness” at the top.

That slogan, just for the record, was Jeff Bezos's idea.

[Anonymous]

Trump '24 BABY!!!!!

[Anonymous]

OP, you canceled your subscription because the newspaper didn't endorse your candidate of choice? I'm voting for Kamala, but this kind of intolerant tantrum doesn't help anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you canceled your subscription because the newspaper didn't endorse your candidate of choice? I'm voting for Kamala, but this kind of intolerant tantrum doesn't help anyone.

Not OP, but I know many are jumping to subscribe to the NYTimes (if they haven’t) and/or the Financial Times. But neither offer local reporting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will miss the wapo sports section. Any recs where I can read about DC sports online?

Yeah, resubscribe to the WaPo so you get your beloved sports section back. The only people you hurt by canceling your subscription are the journalists and other staff -- most of whom are as angry at Bezos and Lewis as we profess to be.

Husband works in WaPo sports department. Thank you to all who who said this ^ and are keeping subscriptions. I can’t beg people to reconsider but I hope they will. Reporters and regular people did not make the endorsement decision and don’t agree with it. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

The local sports coverage (professional, college, through high school prep) is invaluable. We’ve kept our daily print (and hence digital) subscription even while neighbors and friends have stopped.

The athletic is better for pro and college. My kid goes to public which the post doesn't bother with- actually that another reason not to subscribe. I'm sure the WCAC fanbase is enough to support a major newspaper since that's apparently their only differentiator

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will miss the wapo sports section. Any recs where I can read about DC sports online?

Yeah, resubscribe to the WaPo so you get your beloved sports section back. The only people you hurt by canceling your subscription are the journalists and other staff -- most of whom are as angry at Bezos and Lewis as we profess to be.

Husband works in WaPo sports department. Thank you to all who who said this ^ and are keeping subscriptions. I can’t beg people to reconsider but I hope they will. Reporters and regular people did not make the endorsement decision and don’t agree with it. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

The local sports coverage (professional, college, through high school prep) is invaluable. We’ve kept our daily print (and hence digital) subscription even while neighbors and friends have stopped.

The athletic is better for pro and college. My kid goes to public which the post doesn't bother with- actually that another reason not to subscribe. I'm sure the WCAC fanbase is enough to support a major newspaper since that's apparently their only differentiator

The Post just covered Virgnia public school football in Sunday’s edition. A decent size article too.

[Anonymous]

See links for excellent non-WCAC, public and independent school coverage in the Post.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/11/02/washington-liberty-football-district-champions/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/10/26/isl-iac-mac-cross-country/

[Anonymous]

The Athletic is easily the best sports news website in the country. Well worth subscribing to.