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The Times produced their piece on both articles on today's paper[1], although I think the more interesting story is that the Washington Post - a paper Bezos own
by rm_-rf_slash 11y ago
The Times produced their piece on both articles on today's paper[1], although I think the more interesting story is that the Washington Post - a paper Bezos owns - was just as if not more critical than the Times[2]. Even though the Times may have lost potential ad revenue by publishing their rebuttal on Medium, it actually resulted in a huge uptick in page views for the original article, and having a piece to recap the next day gave them both the last word and a more compelling story for their readers.
I think the Times made the right choice, or even a series of right choices. Amazon could learn from them.
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/20/business/amazon-spars-with-the-times-over-investigative-article.html?src=me&referer=http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html&nytmobile=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/20/business/amazon-spars-with...
2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/10/19/amazons-weak-attack-on-the-new-york-times/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/10/...
- shostack 11y agoInteresting--thanks for all the additional details. Very interesting indeed about the WaPo.