“Dear PoPville,
I saw this new newspaper station outside the Cleveland Park metro station. Google says China Daily is owned by the Chinese Communist Party. Anyone know anything about this? Seems odd it just appeared last week.”
Wikipedia says:
“China Daily is an English-language daily newspaper owned by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party. (more…)
As details leaked out about the Washington Post layoffs, it felt like The Express closing, DCist closing/WAMU staff reduction, and Washington City Paper stopping print publication all rolled up in one. And given all the history, as hard as it is to digest, it was even worse.
Yesterday was another very dark day for DC’s hometown paper the Washington Post. There is near universal agreement that this is a disaster for DC’s media coverage. There is also much pain over (basically) losing one of the best sports sections ever. Not to mention the reduction of foreign staff/bureaus. Just brutal. Obviously many folks will disagree with the note below but for posterity I’ll post their explanation:
“From Washington Post’s Executive Editor Matt Murray:
Dear All,
As we shared in our live stream earlier, the company is taking actions today to place The Washington Post on a stronger footing and better position us in this rapidly changing era of new technologies and evolving user habits.
These moves include substantial newsroom reductions impacting nearly all news departments. For the immediate future, we will concentrate on areas that demonstrate authority, distinctiveness, and impact and that resonate with readers: politics, national affairs, people, power and trends; national security in DC and abroad; forces shaping the future including science, health, medicine, technology, climate, and business; journalism that empowers people to take action, from advice to wellness; revelatory investigations; and what’s capturing attention in culture, online, and in daily life. (more…)
On Monday another reader spotted this blast from the past. Chris spotted it last night still in 16th Street Heights. However, he provides a bit more detail – it looked like they were covering up the boxes with a new title. (more…)
WAMU writes this morning:
“Thank you for vising and supporting DCist. Since 2018, it has been a part of WAMU 88.5, the Washington region’s public media and NPR member station. As of February 23, the site will no longer publish new content.”
Full press release from WAMU/American University: (more…)
Sad new from the Washington Post yesterday:
“The Washington Post will stop publishing its stand-alone print magazine, one of the last of its kind in the country and which has been published under different names for more than six decades, the newspaper’s executive editor, Sally Buzbee, announced Wednesday.
…restaurant reviews and the crossword puzzle will continue to appear in print. Popular features such as Date Lab will not continue.
The magazine is distributed with copies of the Sunday paper. Its last issue will publish on Dec. 25”
Thanks to a reader for sending.
(Yet!)
From the 20th anniversary celebrations in 2019
From WAMU:
“After 23 years delivering vital, regional news programming to the D.C. region, The Kojo Nnamdi Show will end production this spring. WAMU announced today that the final live show will air on Thursday, April 1, 2021. While host Kojo Nnamdi will be stepping back from his daily duties on the mic, he will stay engaged with his four-decades-long commitment to journalism by continuing to host the popular The Politics Hour on Fridays. (more…)
Thanks to Caroline and everyone else who messaged us:
“I wasn’t planning on crying on the metro this morning yet here we are.
Our WaPoExpress distributor Hassan only found out yesterday that he was losing his job that day.
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Thanks to Ouzo (and all who messaged us) for sending a shot of The Express’ final edition.
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From the Washington Post PR:
“The Washington Post will publish the last edition of its Express commuter paper as of Thursday, September 12. Express has been an integral part of the morning commute for Washingtonians–a lively, highly engaging publication that has served Washington’s Metro riders for years. With the growth of WiFi in Washington’s Metro system, The Post can now serve those readers in ways that couldn’t have been imagined when it launched 16 years ago. (more…)