Just 11 days before the U.S. presidential election, Jeff Bezos decided to kill The Washington Post’s editorial endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris on grounds of “compromised objectivity.” I think his decision undermines the very foundation upon which journalistic credibility is established. When I was elevated to news editor at The Heights in 2018, my approach…
President-elect Donald Trump took a phone call with Vladimir Putin on Thursday. Trump also had a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In July 2023, Trump said he could stop the Ukraine war within 24 hours. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the…
The folks over at the Washington Post have had a rough week, losing more than 250,000 subscribers after owner Jeff Bezos ordered the newspaper to not make an endorsement in the 2024 election. But hey, look over there, it’s a shiny new AI chatbot! “Ask The Post AI,” as it’s aptly called, is a new…
Jeff Bezos congratulated Donald Trump for winning the general elections in a historic comeback. The news comes after he reportedly refrained from The Washington Post to run Kamala Harris‘ endorsement as it would have made his newspaper outlet look biased. He praised Trump and congratulated him on his big win in a social media post….
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos offered up “big congratulations” to Donald Trump for his “extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory” in Tuesday’s election — less than two weeks after he blocked the Washington Post’s editorial board from endorsing his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. “Big congratulations to our 45th and now 47th President on an extraordinary…
Media tycoon Barry Diller, a friend to The Washington Post’s billionaire owner Jeff Bezos, called the newspaper’s decision not to endorse a presidential candidate a poorly timed “mistake.” “They made a blunder — it should’ve happened months before, and it didn’t, and that’s the issue with it,” Diller told CNBC’s Squawk Box on Monday. The…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos recently sold over $3 billion worth of Amazon shares, adding to a total of $13 billion in stock sales this year. A regulatory filing obtained by GeekWire reveals that this latest transaction involved more than 16 million shares. The timing aligns with Amazon’s stock price nearing $200 per share, a level…
Jeff Bezos’ desire to get on Donald Trump’s good side explains his paper’s decision to refrain from endorsing Kamala Harris, according to former Fox News host Megyn Kelly. Last week, The Washington Post announced that it would be endorsing neither candidate in the U.S. presidential election for the first time in 36 years. While the…
Has the Washington Post’s decision to not endorse Kamala Harris unlocked a new audience for the paper? It’s a real possibility, after the Washington Post’s app experienced healthy download and usage growth this past weekend, according to new data shared by Sensor Tower on Tuesday. The key figures to know: The Washington Post’s app downloads…
Topline Billionaire and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos on Monday defended the paper’s decision to not endorse a presidential candidate, a move that has triggered intense backlash and staff resignations, along with 200,000 people reportedly canceling their digital subscription Amazon founder and Washington Post Owner Jeff Bezos defended his paper’s decision to not endorse ……