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Bezos says Washington Post to ‘lean into future’ – So The Washington post should advance technologically but retain its “soul.” What does that mean, exactly? Under Bezos, the Post has ramped up its technology to allow its website to perform better, with improved analytics which gauge how readers are responding and ... more >
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Hacking through Amazon’s jungle of coverage -Much has been written about Amazon and about the New York Times’ recent piece on Amazon’s work culture, with even the paper’s own Margaret Sullivan suggesting that the article needed more “irrefutable proof” and less “generalization and anecdote.” That I found some of the insights ... more >
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Jeff Bezos Ends Washington Post Publishing Dynasty With Politico Alum – So after a year of owning The Washington Post, Jeff Bezos is replacing Publisher and CEO Katharine Graham Weymouth with Frederick J. Ryan, Jr., a former member of Ronald Reagan’s presidential administration and co-founder of Politico. Weymouth will be ... more >