Tactic's from the Owner's Box: Sustaining a Mission-Driven Media Company

February 19th, 2026  |  Season 3  |  8 mins 13 secs

business, family business, jeff bezos, media, mission, morgan stanley, news, the new york times, the washington post, thomas jefferson

The Washington Post just announced it was laying off 30% of its workforce. 300 newsroom journalists told to put down their pens, entire sections gutted. How did we get here? What does it take to sustain a mission-driven media company? At the Owner's Box, we are interested in how ownership shapes a company's behavior and nowhere is that more interesting than in an industry with a mission to provide a public good.