Jeff Bezos gets busy...

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Amazon CEO to buy the Washington Post for $250 million | Money | Toronto Sun

[yotano211]

Wow I see those $1100 that they still owe me is going to a good cause.

[jeffweico]

They made a big point of saying that Jeff Bezos was buying this personally, not Amazon.

Still, I wouldn't be surprised to see a WP tie-in with Amazon, especially the Kindle. I also would not be surprised to see the WP take on a very pro-internet attitude. I very much doubt that he bought this out of a desire to run a newspaper.

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Agree jeffweico - he is doing the purchase likely to avoid some kind of legal loophole and then have Az get involved as an off-shoot

[Furious George]

I'm not sure what reason he would have for buying a paper. It would seem smarter to me to recruit the workers for the new project.

I'm curious as to what he's up to.

[Sandy D]

Especially that rag newspaper.

He just bought himself a new headache.

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by Sandy D

Especially that rag newspaper.

He just bought himself a new headache.

Or he is going to use it as conduit for his amazing amazon practices

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Business write-off ...operating a loss can be used as tax offset hah