Bezos makes zero profit from the WaPo, period. I would take a guess that he has to write out checks from his pocket every quarter to rebalance the books at the newspaper.
But here’s the thing. For lobbyists and political figures....they desperately need WaPo to exist and put their message out there. So Bezos can walk up and say he wants such-and-such tax code changed, and he gets it with no argument. If he wants someone appointed as ambassador to Seoul or Berlin, he probably gets it. So he has tremendous power over the DC power base.....up until Trump arrives.
Everyone remember when our arrogant, cocky POTUS informed the Establishment that *he* was all that stood between them and the pitchforks?
I bet (hope) they wake up in a sweat imagining that scenario with Trump.