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What Has Happened to the Washington Post?

Editor’s note: Last week, the Washington Post’s publisher and CEO William Lewis announced that the paper for the only the second time in 50 years would not be endorsing a candidate for the presidency of the United States. In a … Continue reading

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Conflicts between newsroom and management at Washington Post

NOTE: Sorry for the recent lack of posts. I’ve been writing away on the ninth edition of Mass Communication, Living in a Media World that comes out in 2025. Expect to see posts based on some of that material as the … Continue reading

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Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post: Five Years Later

This week I’m at the Western Social Science Association annual conference. I’m giving a presentation looking at what has happened to Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post since the Amazon billionaire bought the paper five and a half years ago. Rather than … Continue reading

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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos buys The Washington Post

The news started breaking on Twitter this afternoon that there was a big meeting coming up at at the Washington Post today.  Not long after word came that Amazon founder and space memorabilia collector Jeff Bezos had purchased the paper for … Continue reading

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What kind of a business is Amazon? Media, Outer Space, and E-porn

Wired’s Steven Levy talks with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos Fascinating look at how differently Amazon views the Kindle Fire from how Apple views the iPad.  Bezos call the Fire a “media service” that is a portal into the Amazon world. … Continue reading

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