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How does this mesh with his investment in Business Insider? Is Jeff pursuing a content strategy? Washington Post for investigation and Business Insider for Biz

How does this mesh with his investment in Business Insider? Is Jeff pursuing a content strategy? Washington Post for investigation and Business Insider for Biz news would be great. Personally I'd rather have Jeff Bezos than Rupert Murdoch, but maybe that's just me...

RandallBrown 13y ago
Amazon is moving towards funding their own TV shows, so it wouldn't be too surprising if Bezos was trying to generate his own content in other mediums as well.
- untog 13y ago
  Worth noting though, that Bezos, and not Amazon, bought WaPo.
  - jharrison 13y ago
    Which simply means that he now has a content asset that he can license back to Amazon for distribution if he wishes. It's seems like it could be a lot like a business owner buying a building under a different company name only to lease it back to their primary business for a variety of benefits.
- walid 13y ago
  @untog Hmm! Didn't notice that, interesting.
threeseed 13y ago
Seriously don't EVER compare Bezos and Murdoch. Murdoch is easily one of the most evil people to have ever walked on this planet. He enabled the Iraq war which has seen a mass loss of life for no real gain. He supported the widespread hacking of UK citizens. His meddling in politics and elections in the UK, US and Australia is unprecedented, brazen and has unquestionably undermined democracy. Even now he flew over an Editor from the NY Post to Australia to influence the election here who already is shocking the political scene here.
- newbie12 13y ago
  Absurd to blame Murdoch for a war that had majorities of Congress vote for it. If any media outlet deserves some blame for Iraq, it was the New York Times. In any event, the Iraq war has saved lives compared to the sanctions regime that it replaced.
  - 7952 13y ago
    I think there is enough blame to go around.
  - threeseed 13y ago
    It is not absurd to blame Murdoch for his role in the war. He didn't take a negative or neutral position. He actively campaigned for it across three continents (UK, US and Australia). And it has been widely reported that Blair was heavily influenced by Murdoch. The NYT didn't officially take a position. It just failed in its duty to check the facts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_coverage_of_the_Iraq_War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_coverage_of_the_Iraq_War
  - jessaustin 13y ago
    ...compared to the sanctions regime that it replaced. Even if I were to believe that, it would be an odd comparison to make.
- jessaustin 13y ago
  He supported the widespread hacking of UK citizens. Yeah him and healthy majorities of both houses of Congress. Did Parliament not get the memo?
  - threeseed 13y ago
    I was talking about his papers actively hacking not the government. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_International_phone_hacking_scandal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_International_phone_hackin...
- sien 13y ago

RandallBrown 13y ago

Amazon is moving towards funding their own TV shows, so it wouldn't be too surprising if Bezos was trying to generate his own content in other mediums as well.

untog 13y ago
Worth noting though, that Bezos, and not Amazon, bought WaPo.
- jharrison 13y ago
  Which simply means that he now has a content asset that he can license back to Amazon for distribution if he wishes. It's seems like it could be a lot like a business owner buying a building under a different company name only to lease it back to their primary business for a variety of benefits.
walid 13y ago
@untog Hmm! Didn't notice that, interesting.

threeseed 13y ago

Seriously don't EVER compare Bezos and Murdoch. Murdoch is easily one of the most evil people to have ever walked on this planet. He enabled the Iraq war which has seen a mass loss of life for no real gain. He supported the widespread hacking of UK citizens. His meddling in politics and elections in the UK, US and Australia is unprecedented, brazen and has unquestionably undermined democracy. Even now he flew over an Editor from the NY Post to Australia to influence the election here who already is shocking the political scene here.

newbie12 13y ago
Absurd to blame Murdoch for a war that had majorities of Congress vote for it. If any media outlet deserves some blame for Iraq, it was the New York Times. In any event, the Iraq war has saved lives compared to the sanctions regime that it replaced.
- 7952 13y ago
  I think there is enough blame to go around.
- threeseed 13y ago
  It is not absurd to blame Murdoch for his role in the war. He didn't take a negative or neutral position. He actively campaigned for it across three continents (UK, US and Australia). And it has been widely reported that Blair was heavily influenced by Murdoch. The NYT didn't officially take a position. It just failed in its duty to check the facts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_coverage_of_the_Iraq_War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_coverage_of_the_Iraq_War
- jessaustin 13y ago
  ...compared to the sanctions regime that it replaced. Even if I were to believe that, it would be an odd comparison to make.
jessaustin 13y ago
He supported the widespread hacking of UK citizens. Yeah him and healthy majorities of both houses of Congress. Did Parliament not get the memo?
- threeseed 13y ago
  I was talking about his papers actively hacking not the government. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_International_phone_hacking_scandal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_International_phone_hackin...
sien 13y ago