Hannah Rosen

Josh, welcome to the show.

So you cover the media business.

You have for a long time.

You are not new to this kind of industry news.

What was your reaction to the layoffs at The Post?

So you said two different things.

It's post-specific and it's also related to this giant in our culture, Jeff Bezos.

I mean, I know why the news resonated with me because I'm a journalist.

I live in Washington.

I worked at The Post.

I have many friends there.

But I can imagine people who are not in any of those categories reading this news and thinking layoffs happen all the time, especially newspaper layoffs.

This paper still exists, even though with less staff.

So why should they care?

Why is it significant for people who don't live in Washington, aren't journalists?

So it sounds like what you're saying is the reason this is significant for everybody is because how Bezos changed his mind and changed his attitude towards the paper.

So can you say a little more about that?

Like what about his change of heart is important or strikes you as important?

So it sounds like your analysis is very Bezos focused because you could parse the blame for what happened on a few different places.

It could be ownership, Jeff Bezos, management, just the state of the industry, you know, the product itself.