Around the Beltway: Washington Post problems

📰 The Washington Post's latest high-profile departure: veteran opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin, who's partnering with former White House ethics czar Norm Eisen for a startup publication, "The Contrarian."

• The tagline of the Substack newsletter, going live next Monday, is "Not owned by anybody" — a dig at Post owner Jeff Bezos, who Rubin says "bent at the knee" to Donald Trump. (CNN)
• Meanwhile, Semafor reports the Post's web traffic has sharply declined over the past four years.

🎶 Country music star Carrie Underwood will perform at the inauguration next week. (Axios)

☕ The Diner in Adams Morgan returns to 24/7 service for the first time since the pandemic. (X)