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Derek Thompson

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Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

The messy jungle of the 19th century is here to stay.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

The question now for the Washington Post and for everybody else in my business is not how to escape the jungle, but how to survive in the jungle by doing good work that also happens to be good business.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

I'm Derek Thompson.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

This is Plain English.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

Jim Vanda, hi.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

Welcome to the show.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

Great to be here.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

Big fan.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

Thank you.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

I want to do something a little bit ambitious, maybe too ambitious, considering that you are my first pancake.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

This is my first video podcast.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

I want to tell a 20-year history of The Washington Post that doubles as a 20-year history of changes to the media and political landscape that I know you've reflected on in recent essays since this is the 20-year anniversary of you leaving The Washington Post and starting Politico.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

I want to tell a 20-year history

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

And let's start with the news of the moment.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

One third to one half of the staff of the Washington Post has been laid off.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

The CEO has resigned.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

The owner, Jeff Bezos, is nowhere to be seen.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

I mean, I really looked hard at what is a larger layoff in modern American newspaper history, right?

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

One third to one half of the Washington Post.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

Very difficult to find, which means you're in this moment where one of the richest newspaper owners in American history is overseeing one of the largest newspaper layoffs in modern American history.