There Isn’t Even a Cynical Explanation for Jeff Bezos Destroying The Washington Post

There isn’t even a cynical explanation for Jeff Bezos destroying The Washington Post

300 journalists have lost their jobs at The Washington Post. Over 300,000 readers have canceled their subscriptions. Owner Jeff Bezos, who purchased the legendary publication in 2013, has driven his reputation into the ground by using his vast empire to churn out content designed to make President Donald Trump happy: Amazon MGM Studios spent $40 million to produce a fawning documentary about Melania Trump, which premiered days before the Post se…

Bezos guts the Washington Post—just like Trump wanted

Mainstream media is experiencing a major die-off at the hands of its own billionaire owners. On Wednesday, the Washington Post—at the command of Jeff Bezos—announced it would be laying off a third of its staff in the name of cost-saving measures....

Amazon unveils massive investment push on AI the day after Bezos guts The Washington Post

Amazon says it plans to spend around $200 billion on capital investments in 2026, largely focused on artificial intelligence, robotics and cloud infrastructure, as it reported quarterly revenue of $213 billion on Thursday. The announcement came just one day after the Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, laid off roughly a third of its workforce, prompting renewed scrutiny of the contrasting trajectories of the tech giant and the …

Techrights — Jeff Bezos Isn't Just Killing the Washington Post, He's Killing Thousands of News Sites/Newsrooms (in Dozens of Languages) That Rely on It for Many Decades Already

Not just slopfarms; even the Ukraine-based reporters are culled by Bezos, who's looking to please the dictators of the world