• 'It was like a funeral' - Washington Post's beloved owner choked up as he told employees the paper h
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[url]http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/5/4592674/sources-at-washington-post-bezos-announcement-like-a-funeral[/url] [quote]With some of the best news gatherers in journalism on staff, it was a surprise that the owners of The Washington Post were able to keep their sale of the paper a secret. But there were plenty of shocked expressions at the company's headquarters on Monday when members of the Graham family announced that Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, had purchased the venerable publication for $250 million. Some employees said they went into the meeting expecting that the leadership had finally found a new headquarters, or at worst the company was in for another management shakeup. According to multiple sources who were present, many in the audience were hit hard when Donald Graham, the family patriarch, choked up as he delivered the news and thanked employees for their contribution and hard work to the paper his family had owned since 1933. Some on staff weren't sure about Bezos' history as an employer or his attitude towards the news business. For those employees hoping for an owner like the Grahams, generally beloved by the staff, they will likely be disappointed. Ever since the death of Katharine Graham, who oversaw many of the paper's greatest successes — including its Watergate coverage — the paper has been led by her son, Donald Graham. Within the Post, he was famous for personally welcoming new hires and he could remember the name of every worker. Under his stewardship, the paper never had a round of layoffs at a time in the newspaper business when employee cutbacks are commonplace. His loyalty to employees may have cost him. During an interview with a Post reporter, Graham said that the paper had suffered seven consecutive years of revenue losses. It hadn't gone unnoticed that the Grahams were cutting back on such things as maintaining the company's cafeteria or the bathrooms. Some employees said the building was getting run down.[/quote]
why does the CEO of amazon want a newspaper
[QUOTE=Stroma;41730213]why does the CEO of amazon want a newspaper[/QUOTE] The CEO of Amazon has a lot of unrelated shit
[QUOTE=Stroma;41730213]why does the CEO of amazon want a newspaper[/QUOTE] i'm pretty sure the owner of the largest bookstore in the world can find something to do with a newspaper
[QUOTE=Stroma;41730213]why does the CEO of amazon want a newspaper[/QUOTE] I want a newspaper too. Have myself on the front-page every day, with headlines like "HEAR YE, HEAR YE, THIS MAN IS GREAT IN BED; LADIES!" or "RADDEST DUDE EVER FOUND: THIS GUY!"
[QUOTE=Riller;41730336]I want a newspaper too. Have myself on the front-page every day, with headlines like "HEAR YE, HEAR YE, THIS MAN IS GREAT IN BED; LADIES!" or "RADDEST DUDE EVER FOUND: THIS GUY!"[/QUOTE] suddenly your newspaper has no subscribers and you lay off all your employees and one of them gets angry and violently murders you
[QUOTE=Riller;41730336]I want a newspaper too. Have myself on the front-page every day, with headlines like "HEAR YE, HEAR YE, THIS MAN IS GREAT IN BED; LADIES!" or "RADDEST DUDE EVER FOUND: THIS GUY!"[/QUOTE] You'd turn it into an Onion ripoff?
[QUOTE=Riller;41730336]I want a newspaper too. Have myself on the front-page every day, with headlines like "HEAR YE, HEAR YE, THIS MAN IS GREAT IN BED; LADIES!" or "RADDEST DUDE EVER FOUND: THIS GUY!"[/QUOTE] "local danish teen overcompensates with headlines"
[QUOTE=thisispain;41730379]"local danish teen overcompensates with headlines"[/QUOTE] Hey now, I'm in my 20s. Your sources are outdated, good sir! What are you, the Mail?
without a birth certificate we made an editorial decision and we stick with it take it up with our legal representative dog [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ATtaeI9RUHw/UJzInqAMPRI/AAAAAAAABuE/iWfUEAtazbM/s320/biting_dog.gif[/img]
Was the Washington Post even reliable? Their articles seemed to carry some bias, using BBC/Reuters in comparison.
IT WAS SOLD TO MILLIONS OF READERS OBVIOUSLY! haha oh well. News papers are dying out and its kind of sad. Its like watching an old family friend/relative die slowly.
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