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The Washington Post’s traffic tanks

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Washington Post subscribers quit the paper en masse following owner Jeff Bezos’ decision to withhold its endorsement of outgoing Vice President Kamala Harris. But the Post’s audience problems extend beyond angry former subscribers. Over the last four years, web traffic has cratered.

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