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Amazon’s Founder to Buy The Washington Post
washington post ^ | August 5, 2013 | CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY

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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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: wapo

1 posted on 08/05/2013 6:36:16 PM PDT by 867V309
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To: 867V309

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?


2 posted on 08/05/2013 6:39:09 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: 867V309

Source is nytimes.com.


3 posted on 08/05/2013 6:40:07 PM PDT by 867V309
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To: 867V309

Journalists respond with snark and awe to Washington Post sale
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3051484/posts


4 posted on 08/05/2013 6:41:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thanks, missed that.


5 posted on 08/05/2013 6:50:27 PM PDT by 867V309
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To: 867V309

Newsweek
Boston Globe
Washington Post

I’d say the old media is imploding.


6 posted on 08/05/2013 6:59:49 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (21st century. I'm not a fan.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Right; it’s been imploding for a while, but now it’s gathering steam. NYT is the next old wood to fall.


7 posted on 08/05/2013 7:03:02 PM PDT by 867V309
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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.


8 posted on 08/05/2013 7:05:47 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: 867V309

NYT bought themselves some time with the Globe sale.


9 posted on 08/05/2013 7:12:19 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: ArmstedFragg

They sure did! Like a drunk selling his TV to survive a few more days...


10 posted on 08/05/2013 7:21:31 PM PDT by 867V309
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To: johniegrad

“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.


11 posted on 08/05/2013 7:39:11 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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"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."

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.

12 posted on 08/05/2013 7:48:39 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog
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To: Wonder Warthog; max americana

Knowing nothing about this Bezos character, I defer to your judgment.


13 posted on 08/05/2013 7:50:58 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: johniegrad; max americana; Wonder Warthog
Googles, yahoo, Apple, facebook, Amazon

Two words: crony capitalism.
14 posted on 08/05/2013 8:07:23 PM PDT by 867V309
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