‘Shrinkage is Painful,’ Says Howie Kurtz about the Washington Post

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Here’s another online Q&A, this time with the Washington Post’s Howie Kurtz. Some choice bits:

"But the shrinkage, as I wrote, is painful, and some of those departing are close to irreplacable."

"I’m an ink-in-the-veins newspaper guy, I believe in newspapers and in The Washington Post. That doesn’t mean that those who took the offer don’t believe in the paper."

That might be up for debate.

The rest is here.

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‘Shrinkage is Painful,’ Says Howie Kurtz about the Washington Post