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Old 06-30-2014, 05:25 PM   #5
fjtorres
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
Given that Bezos owns the Washington Post, it's somewhat disingenuous to point to someone else owning both media and publishing resources.
Bezos is pointedly not involved in WP editorial.
He expressly told the staff to attack Amazon if that is their inclination.

http://www.cjr.org/cover_story/washi...s.php?page=all

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He encouraged them to cover both Amazon and himself aggressively, explaining that he was comfortable simultaneously running a secretive company and owning a newspaper, because he believed that “powerful minds can contain powerful inconsistencies.” He said the Post’s customers should be readers, not advertisers...
Amazon has "ceded" the media campaign to Hachette because:

1- They are under NDA and their staff isn't about to violate it over what is to Amazon a minor negotiation.

2- Because nothing Amazon could say would sway the media camp. That is how bias works, after all.

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