Joshua Benton
Founder of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University and longtime newspaper reporter who writes about the media business and newsroom economics.
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Feb 5, 2026 • 31min
How Jeff Bezos Broke The Washington Post
Joshua Benton, founder of the Nieman Journalism Lab and longtime reporter, explains how leadership choices at The Washington Post shaped its decline. He discusses Bezos's ownership decisions, shifts in opinion pages and subscriber backlash. Conversation covers newsroom cuts, market pressures in digital news, and the narrow set of futures left for a once-dominant national paper.
