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Former Washington Post chief Marty Baron on what it was like working for Jeff Bezos

by Taylor Soper on October 10, 2023October 10, 2023 at 11:55 am

Inside the Seattle-area home of their new boss, a group of Washington Post leaders nervously waited as Jeff Bezos silently reviewed a memo detailing a struggling newspaper business. The Amazon… Read More

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Washington Post Web Services? Publishing tech play an example of Bezos’ influence on the newspaper

by Nat Levy on September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 at 10:43 am

Jeff Bezos’ day-to-day influence as the owner of the Washington Post has been a subject of much speculation, but a deal to license its publishing software to energy giant BP… Read More

Bernie Sanders echoes Trump accusation that Amazon influences Washington Post coverage

by Monica Nickelsburg on August 13, 2019August 13, 2019 at 12:32 pm

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ ownership of The Washington Post is uniting two ideologically opposed politicians frustrated with the newspaper’s media coverage of them. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders suggested on Monday… Read More

Washington Post untangles a complex web behind the National Enquirer’s Jeff Bezos exposé

by Monica Nickelsburg on February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 at 1:29 pm

Jeff Bezos’ security chief has a theory that would explain how a supermarket tabloid obtained intimate text messages between the Amazon CEO and the woman he’s been seeing. It’s a… Read More

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After midterm power shift, White House officials say tech transformation will go on

by Alan Boyle on November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 at 1:29 pm

In the wake of Tuesday’s power-shifting midterm elections, the White House plans to stay the course in tech policy and may even work with Democrats on beefing up the nation’s… Read More

Unhappy with Washington Post’s Khashoggi coverage, some Saudis seek Amazon boycott

by Monica Nickelsburg on November 5, 2018November 5, 2018 at 9:29 am

A campaign to boycott Amazon is picking up steam in Saudi Arabia on Twitter among people unhappy with The Washington Post’s coverage of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The… Read More

Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post plans greater push into tech reporting — including Amazon

by Nat Levy on October 25, 2018October 25, 2018 at 9:28 am

The Washington Post is expanding its coverage of the technology industry, including a focus on Jeff Bezos’ other company. The Post posted openings for 12 jobs this morning for editors,… Read More

Trump falsely claims Amazon lost Supreme Court tax case in ongoing Washington Post tirade

by Monica Nickelsburg on July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 at 10:40 am

President Donald Trump resumed his attacks on the “Amazon Washington Post” Monday morning, this time with a peculiar twist. Trump once again accused The Post — which is owned by Amazon CEO… Read More

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Washington Post employees call out owner Jeff Bezos over paper’s pay and benefits in open letter

by Nat Levy on June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 at 12:47 pm

More than 400 employees from the Washington Post have signed an open letter to owner Jeff Bezos, calling out the Amazon CEO over pay and benefits policies. The letter begins… Read More

Amazon spent $8.1M on Washington Post ads and digital content in 2017, up from previous years

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 at 4:15 pm

Amazon’s annual proxy statement includes something you don’t see every day: details on how much money the e-commerce giant spends with one of the nation’s top newspapers. Because Amazon CEO… Read More

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Washington Post responds to Trump’s attacks on the paper, Amazon, and Bezos

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 6, 2018April 6, 2018 at 9:48 am

President Donald Trump has been firing shots at Amazon, its CEO Jeff Bezos, and the newspaper he owns for more than a week now. Trump has accused Amazon of ripping… Read More

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Trump says Bezos-owned Washington Post should register as a lobbyist for pushing Amazon agenda

by Monica Nickelsburg on March 31, 2018March 31, 2018 at 9:10 am

President Donald Trump continued to beat his anti-Amazon drum early Saturday morning. In two tweets, he once again accused the Seattle tech titan of exploiting the U.S. Postal Service and… Read More

Washington Post profitable and growing for two years under Jeff Bezos’ ownership

by Monica Nickelsburg on January 9, 2018January 9, 2018 at 9:59 am

The Washington Post had a good year. The newspaper more than doubled digital subscriptions and grew revenue from digital advertising, leading to its second consecutive year of profitability despite the… Read More

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Nonprofit Project Veritas — which targeted Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post — eligible for donations via AmazonSmile

by Kurt Schlosser on November 28, 2017November 28, 2017 at 12:19 pm

Project Veritas, the nonprofit organization caught this week in an apparent undercover scheme to deceive The Washington Post with a false story about sexual abuse, has another connection to the… Read More

Steve Bannon calls ‘Amazon Washington Post’ a partisan mouthpiece amid Roy Moore allegations

by Monica Nickelsburg on November 10, 2017November 10, 2017 at 9:10 am

Steve Bannon accused the Washington Post — and its owner, Jeff Bezos — of intentionally targeting conservative politicians, hours after the newspaper published stunning allegations against Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore… Read More

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Trump rips everyone in Arizona speech — including Amazon, again, and Bezos-owned Washington Post

by Kurt Schlosser on August 23, 2017August 23, 2017 at 9:56 am

Whether it’s on Twitter or in front of a crowd of raucous supporters, President Trump appears to be making his digs at Amazon a regular occurrence. Tuesday night in Phoenix,… Read More

Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post taps Amazon’s Polly AI technology to read news articles

by Nat Levy on June 9, 2017June 9, 2017 at 10:25 am

Jeff Bezos’ worlds are coming together as The Washington Post announced today that it has begun testing a plan to use Amazon Polly to translate written articles into lifelike speech.… Read More

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Hillary Clinton says Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos ‘saved’ The Washington Post

by Taylor Soper on May 31, 2017May 31, 2017 at 4:43 pm

Hillary Clinton thinks Jeff Bezos saved The Washington Post. The former presidential candidate spent more than an hour on stage at Recode’s Code Conference Wednesday, as Recode’s Kara Swisher and Walt… Read More

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The Jeff Bezos effect? Washington Post is profitable and set to hire dozens of journalists in 2017

by Nat Levy on December 27, 2016December 28, 2016 at 7:31 am

While many daily newspapers are struggling and cutting staff as a result, the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post is growing rapidly. Washington Post Publisher and CEO Fred Ryan told Politico that the… Read More

Trump vs. Bezos: Candidate bans Washington Post, gripes again about ‘owners of Amazon’

by Alan Boyle on June 13, 2016November 7, 2016 at 11:15 am

Billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump took aim once again at Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos as he revoked the campaign credentials for the newspaper Bezos owns, The Washington Post. Today the presumptive… Read More

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos on the Fire Phone: ‘We’re working on much bigger failures right now’

by Monica Nickelsburg on May 19, 2016May 20, 2016 at 8:37 am

Jeff Bezos loves failure. He often describes it as a necessity for invention, innovation, and eventually success. Fortunately, Bezos has a perfect example in the infamous Fire Phone flop. Martin Baron,… Read More

Washington Post politics blogger starts writing exclusive content for Amazon’s Alexa

by Todd Bishop on April 2, 2016April 2, 2016 at 8:00 am

The Washington Post, owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, is launching a new collaboration with the Seattle-based tech giant — and this time they’re delving into politics. Users of the Amazon… Read More

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos proposed a ‘disemvowel’ feature for the Washington Post

by Monica Nickelsburg on March 24, 2016March 24, 2016 at 10:38 am

If you thought the Fire Phone was a flop, consider the Jeff Bezos ideas that never made it off the drawing board. In a Fortune profile naming the Amazon CEO the… Read More

Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post hires NYT public editor who criticized paper’s Amazon coverage

by Greg Sandoval on February 23, 2016February 24, 2016 at 9:01 am

The Washington Post has hired Margaret Sullivan, the former public editor for The New York Times and the person who criticized the paper’s controversial exposé last year of Amazon. Sullivan, who… Read More

Jeff Bezos escorts Washington Post reporter back to U.S. after release from Iranian prison

by Kurt Schlosser on January 22, 2016January 22, 2016 at 10:24 am

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who also owns the Washington Post, flew to Germany this week to escort Post correspondent Jason Rezaian back to the United States following Rezaian’s release from an… Read More

The Bezos Effect: How Amazon’s CEO is helping The Washington Post innovate

by Taylor Soper on December 21, 2015December 21, 2015 at 9:15 am

Online traffic is up, digital innovation is encouraged, and there’s a renewed focus on the customer at the Washington Post. Yes, Jeff Bezos is certainly making an impact on the newspaper he… Read More

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba acquires South China Morning Post

by Taylor Soper on December 11, 2015December 11, 2015 at 9:51 am

Perhaps Jeff Bezos started a trend two years ago when the Amazon founder acquired the Washington Post. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced today that it has acquired the South China Morning… Read More

Use an ad blocker? The Washington Post is now probably blocking you

by Molly Brown on September 10, 2015September 10, 2015 at 9:52 am

Old-school major newspaper organizations have had to try out a lot of methods to drive revenue, but this is a new one: The Washington Post is stopping people who use… Read More

How Jeff Bezos influenced the design, creation of Washington Post’s Amazon Fire app

by Taylor Soper on February 11, 2015February 11, 2015 at 6:35 pm

Over the years, we’ve learned a lot about Jeff Bezos’ leadership style at Amazon.com and to some extent, how involved he likes to get on certain projects. But how the Amazon… Read More

New York Times, Washington Post, NBC also get to test news-gathering drones

by Molly Brown on January 16, 2015January 16, 2015 at 11:27 am

We reported earlier this week that the FAA cleared the way for CNN to continue testing drones for news-gathering purposes. Today the New York Times announced that it, too, will… Read More

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