Amazon reportedly wants news publishers to expand internationally — and it’s willing to pay Amazon wants to pay some of the biggest names in American publishing to expand internationally. That’s according to Vox’s Peter… Read More
NYT editor on the state of journalism: Technology is ‘leaving us with the stuff that pisses people off’ It may feel like animosity toward the media is at an all-time high, but the head of The New York… Read More
Podcast ‘Day 1’ Distraction: National Enquirer fight signals new era for Jeff Bezos, and maybe for Amazon One of the most fascinating things about Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is that building one of the world’s most successful… Read More
Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer of extortion over threat to publish naked photos of Amazon CEO Updated below with American Media Inc. statement. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has published a remarkable new response in his ongoing… Read More
Snopes founder explains why Facebook fact-checking partnership dissolved Snopes wasn’t trying to make a statement when it announced the end of its partnership with Facebook last week. David… Read More
Washington Post Dot com: Newspaper pushing free Amazon device to lure new digital subscribers Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reportedly stays clear of the day-to-day operations of The Washington Post. But for a better understanding… Read More
New York public radio station won’t be calling Amazon’s new home ‘HQ2’ When news broke that Amazon would split its immensely hyped second headquarters between two cities, journalists covering the year-long search… Read More
Twitter teams up with Tagboard to help newscasters surface political tweets Twitter is partnering with Seattle-area startup Tagboard to help video news producers highlight tweets tied to political issues and races… Read More
Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post plans greater push into tech reporting — including Amazon The Washington Post is expanding its coverage of the technology industry, including a focus on Jeff Bezos’ other company. The… Read More
Microsoft researcher cautions media not to fall prey to fringe groups flying ‘false flag of conservatism’ Fringe groups are seeking to manipulate the media and tech companies with accusations of anti-conservative bias, aiming to invoke anger… Read More
Most Americans believe tech companies should be regulated like news publishers, survey finds A whopping 79 percent of Americans believe that tech companies should be regulated in the same way that news organizations… Read More
187,000 tweets later, New York Times reporter explains why she’s pulling back from ‘toxic’ Twitter New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman has had enough of the “anger video game.” That’s how she describes what it’s… Read More
Stranger things: Seattle newspaper has fun with Amazon’s Spheres and a banana on issue cover The Spheres and free bananas. Two recognizable indicators that you’ve wandered into Amazonia in Seattle. Whatever you call those glass… Read More
President Trump says Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post will be out of business in 7 years, calls it a ‘propaganda machine’ for Amazon President Donald Trump is taking on Amazon and the news media once again, writing in a Tweet Saturday morning that… Read More
Uber rolls out ‘Vehicle,’ a new magazine in Seattle and Washington, D.C., to share rider-driver stories Plenty of Uber drivers fancy themselves as storytellers. Now the ride-hailing giant is sharing stories about drivers and the communities… Read More
Amazon spent $8.1M on Washington Post ads and digital content in 2017, up from previous years Amazon’s annual proxy statement includes something you don’t see every day: details on how much money the e-commerce giant spends… Read More
Washington Post responds to Trump’s attacks on the paper, Amazon, and Bezos President Donald Trump has been firing shots at Amazon, its CEO Jeff Bezos, and the newspaper he owns for more… Read More
What the f, indeed: Economist magazine cover perfectly captures the fall of Facebook There’s been plenty of fallout in recent days due to the scandal enveloping Facebook, and the social media giant’s reaction… Read More
After 58 years, my parents ditched their daily print newspaper for iPads — here’s the scoop on that This is a story about newspapers. Unlike a lot of stories these days about the demise of print, I think… Read More
Facebook launches local news section in Olympia, Wash., and 5 other cities Facebook announced two updates designed to connect users with more trusted local news Monday. The first is a new section… Read More
Washington Post profitable and growing for two years under Jeff Bezos’ ownership The Washington Post had a good year. The newspaper more than doubled digital subscriptions and grew revenue from digital advertising,… Read More
Meet Cascadia Underground: A new media collective with digital tools to rally people around issues like net neutrality A new media collective is launching in Seattle, born out of a war between progressive activists and white supremacists over… Read More
DOJ files lawsuit to block AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to prevent AT&T from gobbling up Time Warner for $85.4 billion,… Read More
Tech news sites quietly rely on this word to create drama in headlines, analysis reveals GeekWire has quietly performed a detailed analysis of one of the most overused words in tech news. See if you… Read More
B.S. for Ph.D.s: Not even science is immune from the fake-news epidemic The controversy over fake news may focus on politics, but it’s also slipping into the scientific realm, says one of… Read More
Real talk about fake news: How the Information Age became the Disinformation Age Technology has changed just about everything it has touched, and that is especially true when it comes to the distribution… Read More
‘Fake news’ video game HEADLINER lets players destroy society with propaganda I can’t decide if I like HEADLINER or not. It’s an addictive game — when I sat down to try it… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Axios chief tech correspondent Ina Fried on the new world of technology and media Our guest on this episode of the GeekWire podcast: Ina Fried, the San Francisco-based chief technology correspondent for Axios, a new… Read More
Trump launches another Twitter tirade against Amazon and Bezos-owned Washington Post The President of the United States is attacking Amazon again. Donald Trump this evening issued a series of Tweets, calling… Read More
Working Geek: Amazon media chief Robin Mendelson is living a childhood dream, writ large Robin Mendelson is one of the few people who actually became what she wanted to be when she grew up,… Read More
