Washington post to close remaining domestic news bureaus

"The Washington Post, in a significant retrenchment, is closing its remaining domestic bureaus around the country." The paper's six US news correspondents in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago will be offered reassignments in Washington. The Post's parent company lost $166.7 million in the first three quarters of 2009.

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coaxial | #1 | 15:49 on Tue, Nov.24 | Reply

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So can we start calling the WaPo a local paper yet?

davidasposted | #2 | 16:24 on Tue, Nov.24 | Reply

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Anyone remember this?

"Washington Post cancels lobbyist event amid uproar"
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24441.html

EH | #3 | 18:51 on Tue, Nov.24 | Reply

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david#2: yeah. maybe ultimately they decided that domestic news gathering could only be a problem for their advertisers.

Anonymous | #4 | 19:56 on Tue, Nov.24 | Reply

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This is delightful news. The corporate media continues crumbling...

flwombat | #5 | 09:59 on Wed, Nov.25 | Reply

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Whoa! I'm reading Cory's conspicuously-advertised-on-BB new book, and this story is giving me deja vu (early in the book, something similar happens with the San Jose Mercury)

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