Jeff Bezos made news this week with a rare visit to the newspaper that he owns. The Amazon founder attended a news meeting at The Washington Post on Thursday, sparking… Read More
The editor who has been in charge of The Washington Post newsroom ever since Jeff Bezos bought the newspaper is stepping down at the end of the month. In a… Read More
News this summer that Starbucks would be pulling print copies of The New York Times and other publications from its cafes landed like a cup of spilled coffee on our… Read More
Stop the (French) presses. According to a report in the New York Post this week, Starbucks is going to stop selling The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and… Read More
It’s early 1998 in Above the Fold, when the internet was still a slow-loading hell of animated GIFs and your flip phone was strictly for making calls. You’re the new… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reportedly stays clear of the day-to-day operations of The Washington Post. But for a better understanding of the day-to-day news being produced by the newspaper he… Read More
This is a story about newspapers. Unlike a lot of stories these days about the demise of print, I think this story still has a happy ending because it at… Read More
Not every newspaper can lean on one of the world’s top tech executives as a beta tester and adviser when developing a new app, but then again, not every paper is owned by Amazon… Read More
Dear Seattle Times executives, I’m writing you in the traditional letter-to-the-editor format because it’s one with which I’m certain you’re familiar. After all, you recently used it in your “Dear… Read More
Nick Denton is a controversial new media titan, uncovering the gossip that no one else in the news business will touch. The 47-year-old Gawker Media founder — whose online properties… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos dropped something of a bombshell in an interview with Charlie Rose that was posted on the 60 Minutes’ Web site last night: Buying the Washington Post wasn’t… Read More
William Randolph Hearst. Joseph Pulitzer. John S. Knight. Katharine Graham. And now … Jeff Bezos. Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has emerged as the latest newspaper publisher with a $250 million… Read More
The economics of delivering a local newspaper to your doorstep just don’t make sense anymore. The reasons? Declining subscriber counts and increased competition from free content online. However, as expensive… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ purchase of The Washington Post was the big news of the week, making great fodder for late-night comedians. We had some fun catching up with the goofiness from… Read More
Jeff Bezos is buying the Washington Post newspaper for $250 million in his individual capacity, separate from his role at Amazon.com, but some of the themes in his introductory letter… Read More
Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood is undergoing a radical transformation, driven largely by the arrival of technology companies such as Amazon.com. But now one of Seattle’s oldest businesses is cashing… Read More
Another daily newspaper is going digital and slowing the presses, as The Oregonian announced Thursday that it will be cutting down home delivery to four days per week. The company, which… Read More
For journalism, the future isn’t what it used to be. Especially when viewed from two decades ago. I recently undertook an archaeological dig (others call it “cleaning out files”) and… Read More
It’s a good thing we got out of the newspaper business. According to a survey out today from CareerCast.com, newspaper reporter ranks as the worst job in America. “Ever-shrinking newsrooms,… Read More
In an opinion piece for Bloomberg this week, former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold lamented the demise of the physical newspaper and wondered if the solution might be in… Read More
Amazon.com this morning followed through on a promised perk for Kindle users who subscribe to the New York Times on the digital reading device. Starting today, they will also be… Read More
Guest Commentary: The day of reckoning has arrived. Journalists and PR professionals have been holding their breath for 18 months, waiting for the New York Times to introduce its online… Read More
The news business has been undergoing radical shifts and changes over the past 10 years, brought on by advances in new technologies. And now a historic milestone has occurred. More… Read More