New owner Jeff Bezos hasn’t done anything spectacular like shutting down the Washington Post’s printing presses, but the paper has been making some interesting moves lately that other media companies could… Read more »
The Washington Post saw record traffic to its website in July, and editor-in-chief Marty Baron credits the paper’s new digital projects and the addition of about 60 new editorial staff for… Read more »
The conventional wisdom seems to be that by putting the screws to publishers like Hachette, Amazon is displaying its monopoly powers and ruining the book industry. But it is actually making… Read more »
Washington Post editor-in-chief Marty Baron defended his decision not to finance Ezra Klein’s vision for a news Wikipedia, saying it didn’t make financial sense. He was probably right — but the… Read more »
It looks like Washington Post blogger Ezra Klein might be leaving the newspaper, after his proposal for a standalone site funded by the Post was turned down — a decision that… Read more »
In an interview with the newspaper he just finished buying for $250 million, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made a couple of comments that raise some interesting questions about where he wants… Read more »
Shutting down the printing presses at the Washington Post would impose a financial cost on the newspaper, but the benefits of such a move — both psychological and financial — would… Read more »
Will Jeff Bezos leave the Washington Post alone once he takes control, or will he use it as a research lab for reinventing the newspaper? Here are a few things he… Read more »
There’s been a lot written about Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his acquisition of the Washington Post — here are some of the most insightful and/or interesting takes on this blockbuster… Read more »
Jeff Bezos’s acquisition of the Washington Post is another sign of how the mass media industry is shifting back to an earlier model — and if anyone can figure out how… Read more »