Posted on 08/05/2013 6:36:16 PM PDT by 867V309
The Washington Post, the newspaper whose reporting helped topple a president and inspired a generation of journalists, is being sold for $250 million to the founder of Amazon.com, Jeffrey P. Bezos, in a surprise deal that has shocked the industry.
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Oh, has Mr. Bezos been “vetted” by liberal activists and found to be an “appropriate” buyer for a newspaper, or will there be protests in the streets like the Koch Bros. attempt to buy LAT?
Source is nytimes.com.
Journalists respond with snark and awe to Washington Post sale
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Thanks, missed that.
Newsweek
Boston Globe
Washington Post
I’d say the old media is imploding.
Right; it’s been imploding for a while, but now it’s gathering steam. NYT is the next old wood to fall.
To have founded Amazon suggests the mind of an entrepenuer. Whether that had been warped yet or not by doing business in a non capitalist society is unclear. I think it is likely to be better than what we currently have now.
NYT bought themselves some time with the Globe sale.
They sure did! Like a drunk selling his TV to survive a few more days...
“To have founded Amazon suggests the mind of an entrepenuer.”
So? The founders of Googles, yahoo, Apple, facebook etc are all entepreneurs but they’re all rabid obama ass kissers. It will be more libtard than before. And yes, I’ve heard Bezos speak in person before. He’s as left as you can imagine.
Doubtful....Bezos was the main moneybags behind the recent passage of Washington state's "gay marriage" initiative.
And recall that Google's founders are as lefty as it gets, despite their entrepreneurial activities.
Knowing nothing about this Bezos character, I defer to your judgment.
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