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FirebrandRoaring  ·  2559 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Will millennials kill Costco? Will this be the next thing they kill?

    IN THE AMAZON-OWNED WASHINGTON POST

I'd say no, but that's a lie:

    Nope. Amazon.com, the huge, publicly traded, Fortune/S&P 500 company, does not own The Washington Post or any of its affiliated publications. Bezos [the CEO — FBR] is buying us with his personal fortune rather than through Amazon.

WaPo seems a respectable newspaper. Is it? Any news source recommendations?





kleinbl00  ·  2558 days ago  ·  link  ·  

They haven't had any dust-ups like Judith Miller or Jayson Blair. They've got skilled and seasoned reporters on staff. That said, Bezos is a shady fuck. Is there some sotto voce directive to write shit about how Costco is fucked but not about how Amazon has its own challenges? I doubt it.

But it also wouldn't surprise me if they did.