Hmm ok that's interesting distinction. On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Pamela McCorduck <pam...@well.com> wrote:
> Gobbled up is strong language, Gillian. Rescued might be more like it. The > family that ran the Post couldn't afford to run it any more. The Grahams > said they were glad to sell the entity called the Washington Post to > someone who assured them he would run it to the same standards the Grahams > had used. (Now this is sad, because the WashPost in the last ten years > became a shadow of its best self, so "standards" are rather elastic.) > > Bezos says he has no intention of interfering in the editorial part of the > paper, which may or may not be true. But the Post couldn't sustain itself > as it was going. Something had to give. I frankly will be fascinated to see > the mind that dreamed up Amazon refashion a newspaper for the 21st century. > > You might see the same thing happening to the New York Times, with Mike > Bloomberg talked about as the buyer. The Times is making money right now, > but it hasn't paid a dividend to the 83 members of the Sulzberger family in > two years. Some of those people are going to say hey, we aren't a charity; > we have to put our kids through college like everyone else. At that point, > a buyer may be sought. > > Just saying. > > Pamela > > > On Aug 6, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Gillian Densmore <gil.densm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I heard on public TV that amazon gobled up the washington post- > > I'd like to here what other peoples thoughts that Amazon wants to the > washington post to sink into "e-publishing" and be more populist in > reguards to who can submit updates to news. > > > > To kick it off. I'm conflicted. On one hand the washington post as a > publication is old and might have a little bit of postive street cred under > that proposed model, on the other hand- will amazon fact check submissions? > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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