The audience KPIs that might have saved WaPo's Book World section
When news broke last month of the layoffs at the Washington Post, the narrative painted owner Jeff Bezos as the villain. After reading former Book World editor John Williams' op-ed in The Atlantic , I wonder if that’s too easy. Because with a deck that reads, "The editor of the recently scrapped Book World believes in serving subscribers, not data," I think the matter deserves some unpacking. Williams’ op-ed reads like an editor who knows times have changed, but refuses to believe it. Bezos’...
