Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 15:12     Subject: Re:With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:Love these people who cancel their subscription to the Post, and then want to know what they can read instead. This is like burning down the Smithsonian museums and then being like "what other museums in DC can I go to instead?"


+1. I'm still paying and I haven't lived in DC since 1998. Probably that's why nobody's reading the metro section. Out of towners are the paying customers.

It's hard to recover from the loss of newspapers and mainstream media culture.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 15:12     Subject: With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:Washington City Paper, Washington Informer, Capitol Hill Corner, Hey DC, the 51st, WAMU, WPFW, WTOP, all the ANC listserves, etc. I've been having to cobble things together for a while since the Post's Metro coverage started it's slide years ago.

Didn't cancel before but there will not be anything I care to read. They already have a health section, which is ok. Their national and food sections are not as good as NYT. Losing the book section. They will have to create a business section out of whole cloth since they basically already did away with it. Not much left for me.



Thanks, PP. I am cobbling together a similar group of sources and always appreciate WAMU and City Paper. Still, feels like there’s something missing from a DC metro perspective. Will check out the other sources you mention.

-OP
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 15:11     Subject: Re:With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
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Anonymous wrote:Love these people who claim to care about politics and public policy but won't subscribe to the Post. Apparently you don't care that much!


DP. I subscribe to the WSJ, Post and NYTimes. (and Bloomberg!). If the Post doesn’t have decent local news then there is truly no reason for me to keep my subscription. The only thing I will miss is Capitol Weather Gang but I guess I will just follow Matthew Capucci’s socials.


+1 there are tons of options. Democracy won’t die in darkness. I’m not subscribing because it used to be good.


There's only a handful of news organizations in the entire world that can match the Post.


And I subscribe to every one of these. Instead of the Post. Because the WP is not the paper of yore.




The Washington Nationals are not the Washington Nationals of yore either, but still we support them.



We do? I went to a game in sept and there wasn’t anyone there. They are down to 22nd in attendance and will fall below 20k this year if they can’t turn it around with their moneyball approach. People support quality.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 15:10     Subject: Re:With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:Love these people who claim to care about politics and public policy but won't subscribe to the Post. Apparently you don't care that much!


I’m the OP. These days, and particularly now, are other papers that offer as good if not better coverage than the Post regarding politics and public policy. That’s a shame because the Post used to be a journalistic leader in those spaces. Bezos had driven it into the ground and as one PP noted, their editorial board is clearly influenced by Bezos’s interests these days. I kept my subscription for the reasons I stated initially, but these latest layoffs show me that metro DC coverage is not a priority.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 15:00     Subject: With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Washington City Paper, Washington Informer, Capitol Hill Corner, Hey DC, the 51st, WAMU, WPFW, WTOP, all the ANC listserves, etc. I've been having to cobble things together for a while since the Post's Metro coverage started it's slide years ago.

Didn't cancel before but there will not be anything I care to read. They already have a health section, which is ok. Their national and food sections are not as good as NYT. Losing the book section. They will have to create a business section out of whole cloth since they basically already did away with it. Not much left for me.

Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 14:53     Subject: With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
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Anonymous wrote:51st.news has the local coverage feel that I'm looking for


The 51st is good for obsequious coverage of the DC government. If you want your local coverage to sound a bit like a press release, the 51st is for you.


The 51st is the best news outlet for people who think NPR is reactionary and also people who say "wypipo" unironically.


You live in a weird little bubble. I don't know what the first means and the second sounds kind of racist but I also don't know what you mean.


If you don't understand the first and have never met anyone who's said the second, consider the possibility that it is you who lives in a bubble.


Well I made the mistake of looking it up and I guess despite reading DCUM that I am not on enough social media to be in those bubbles. I'm ok with that.

Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 14:49     Subject: Re:With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Hey geniuses Trump wants you to cancel your subscriptions to the Post. He HATES the Post, and would love for it to go out of business. There would be a lot fewer ICE stories, for example, which would be great for him. It seems very weird people are canceling their subscriptions because something something Trump.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 14:28     Subject: Re:With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:It's hilarious that all these people are canceling their subscriptions to the Post to protest Bezos, but those same people would never ever cancel their subscription to Amazon. Bezos doesn't make a dime from the Post. It's been losing money for years.



Cancel your subscription to Amazon, p*ssies. Don't take it out on the reporters who are just trying to tell you what is happening in your world.


Newspapers aren’t a charity. I subscribed to the post for local, NY times for national and international and WSJ for business. That’s already too much to consume. If you take away the reason for my subscription, I’m not going to spend my money. And given the new editorial slant of the Post, I’ll take the Nytimes over the Post.


Plus, if you canceled your Amazon subscription, that would be really inconvenient for you.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 14:25     Subject: Re:With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Love these people who claim to care about politics and public policy but won't subscribe to the Post. Apparently you don't care that much!


DP. I subscribe to the WSJ, Post and NYTimes. (and Bloomberg!). If the Post doesn’t have decent local news then there is truly no reason for me to keep my subscription. The only thing I will miss is Capitol Weather Gang but I guess I will just follow Matthew Capucci’s socials.


+1 there are tons of options. Democracy won’t die in darkness. I’m not subscribing because it used to be good.


There's only a handful of news organizations in the entire world that can match the Post.


And I subscribe to every one of these. Instead of the Post. Because the WP is not the paper of yore.




The Washington Nationals are not the Washington Nationals of yore either, but still we support them.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 14:25     Subject: Re:With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's hilarious that all these people are canceling their subscriptions to the Post to protest Bezos, but those same people would never ever cancel their subscription to Amazon. Bezos doesn't make a dime from the Post. It's been losing money for years.



Cancel your subscription to Amazon, p*ssies. Don't take it out on the reporters who are just trying to tell you what is happening in your world.


Newspapers aren’t a charity. I subscribed to the post for local, NY times for national and international and WSJ for business. That’s already too much to consume. If you take away the reason for my subscription, I’m not going to spend my money. And given the new editorial slant of the Post, I’ll take the Nytimes over the Post.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 14:20     Subject: Re:With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Love these people who claim to care about politics and public policy but won't subscribe to the Post. Apparently you don't care that much!


DP. I subscribe to the WSJ, Post and NYTimes. (and Bloomberg!). If the Post doesn’t have decent local news then there is truly no reason for me to keep my subscription. The only thing I will miss is Capitol Weather Gang but I guess I will just follow Matthew Capucci’s socials.


+1 there are tons of options. Democracy won’t die in darkness. I’m not subscribing because it used to be good.


There's only a handful of news organizations in the entire world that can match the Post.


And I subscribe to every one of these. Instead of the Post. Because the WP is not the paper of yore.


Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 14:17     Subject: Re:With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Love these people who cancel their subscription to the Post, and then want to know what they can read instead. This is like burning down the Smithsonian museums and then being like "what other museums in DC can I go to instead?"

Sure, if the Smithsonian was part of the nazi reich. Bezos got Trump elected. F the post. The employees lost their chance to strike or wield their power months ago. Now they’re just holding on until they find another paying gig which is hard for journalists these days.


You sound like what they call a "low-information voter"
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 14:17     Subject: Re:With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:It's hilarious that all these people are canceling their subscriptions to the Post to protest Bezos, but those same people would never ever cancel their subscription to Amazon. Bezos doesn't make a dime from the Post. It's been losing money for years.



Cancel your subscription to Amazon, p*ssies. Don't take it out on the reporters who are just trying to tell you what is happening in your world.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 14:09     Subject: Re:With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:Love these people who cancel their subscription to the Post, and then want to know what they can read instead. This is like burning down the Smithsonian museums and then being like "what other museums in DC can I go to instead?"

Sure, if the Smithsonian was part of the nazi reich. Bezos got Trump elected. F the post. The employees lost their chance to strike or wield their power months ago. Now they’re just holding on until they find another paying gig which is hard for journalists these days.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 14:09     Subject: With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:51st.news has the local coverage feel that I'm looking for


The 51st is good for obsequious coverage of the DC government. If you want your local coverage to sound a bit like a press release, the 51st is for you.


The 51st is the best news outlet for people who think NPR is reactionary and also people who say "wypipo" unironically.


You live in a weird little bubble. I don't know what the first means and the second sounds kind of racist but I also don't know what you mean.


If you don't understand the first and have never met anyone who's said the second, consider the possibility that it is you who lives in a bubble.