Seeing as how this blog is all about seeking the truth I wonder what Post's new owner, Jeffrey P. Bezos, will bring to the organization. The Washington Post has been and will continue to be one of the most influential publications in the country and the world. I wonder how you all think this new owner will change the Post. Will he move towards a more objective or more slanted point of view? How will Mr. Bezos bring his Amazon experience to the media world. Many of the folks working at the Post are incredibly sad but ready to take on a new challenge with a new owner.
There have also been a number of publications that have been sold recently. Since these organizations are become less and less profitable do you all think that, for the industry as a whole to survive, they will have to become more opinionated? These are challenging times for the Newspaper industries; what are your opinions on how the industries should evolve to retain members?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/business/media/amazoncom-founder-to-buy-the-washington-post.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Nice post, Ernesto. This is an interesting development in the media world. I am not sure how beneficial Mr. Bezos' ownership of The Post will be since he (as far as my knowledge goes) has no media experience. One must think what his purpose is in doing this. Most likely, if not completely, it is profit motivated. He is an innovator (his development of Amazon is evidence of that) and he will likely try to find a way to change The Post into a more profitable enterprise (perhaps like you said, through more op-eds). It is too early to tell right now, but it is definetly something to keep an eye since The Post is one of the major papers in the country.
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