Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos explains why print newspapers are like...
Jeff Bezos, the Amazon CEO and recent acquirer of The Washington Post, has commented on what he sees as the future of the print newspaper. In an interview with Today’s Kate Snow, he said that it could...
View ArticleWashington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth exits
Katharine Weymouth, heir to the Washington Post publishing dynasty, is to part ways with the paper first founded by her great grandfather in 1933, following the $250m purchase of the title by Amazon...
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Amazon head Jeff Bezos looks to space as rocket firm Blue Origin announces...
The head of Amazon, Jeff Bezo’s space-faring side project Blue Origin has finished developing a suborbital spaceship with tests set to go underway this year, the company has announced.The newly...
View ArticleThe Drum’s top ten tech disruptions of the week - HBO anticipates Game of...
It’s been a busy week in technology. Here The Drum has rounded up ten of the top tech innovations that have been touted this week as capable of disrupting the world as we know it.1. HBO has made...
View ArticleAmazon losses continue despite 15% hike in first quarter sales to $22.72bn
Retailing leviathan Amazon got quite a bit bigger over the first three months of the year, with the platform notching up a 15 per cent hike in sales for the period to hit $22.72bn, a significant uptick...
View ArticleNeed to Know – The latest US media & marketing news: New Adblock mobile...
Morning all, here’s a glimpse at all the media and marketing news you should know today.1. Anti-ad tool Adblock Plus is to launch a mobile browser, according to Business Insider. The app will...
View ArticleAmazon surprises the doubters with a profit - and shares leap 19 percent
Amazon has reported a surprise second-quarter profit with sales beating analysts’ estimates. Bloomberg's comment: "They're showing investors that they can make money when they put the brakes on...
View ArticleAmazon launches internal HR system for employees designed to repair its...
Amazon is rolling out an internal system for its employees designed to turn around the scathing publicity it has sustained in the media over the treatment of its warehouse workers.Amazon Connections...
View ArticleJeff Bezos eyes Oscar success for Amazon Studios
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has revealed his plans to bag one of Hollywood's highest accolades - an Oscar.Speaking to German newspaper Die Welt, Bezos said Amazon is aiming to produce 16 feature films a...
View ArticleAmazon's Jeff Bezos surpasses Zuckerberg to claim title of world's...
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has been ranked as the fourth richest person on earth in a recent list of the world’s 50 wealthiest people.Having started as a modest online book merchant in his Seattle garage,...
View ArticleJeff Bezos gives critics short shrift, insisting Amazon will chart its own path
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has issued a belated retort to a highly critical piece published in the New York Times last August, by conceding that the company might not always have the best approach.Breaking...
View ArticleAmazon founder Jeff Bezos ranked world’s third richest individual
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been ranked as the world’s third richest individual by Forbes, which estimates the e-commerce tycoon's wealth at $65.3bn (£49.5bn).This stash places Bezos in the upper...
View ArticleAmazon head admits hiring the Top Gear trio was 'very, very, very...
The chief executive of Amazon has said snapping up the Top Gear trio was a “very, very, very expensive” move for the e-commerce giant’s digital content offering.Having adopted the former Top Gear team...
View ArticleAmazon under fire from UK union chief: ‘You have to be an above-average...
Amazon has taken yet another blow this week as a UK union head ravaged worker conditions at its distribution centres and the alleged expectation that staff members must be an “above-average Amazon...
View ArticleAmazon founder Jeff Bezos gets last laugh at the Golden Globes
Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, is becoming a Hollywood regular at awards ceremonies. His attendance at last night's Golden Globes made him an inspiration for the jokes as well.Bezos' Amazon...
View ArticleAmazon's Jeff Bezos reveals satellite operator Eutelsat as the first...
Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, has signed Eutelsat Communications SA as its first customer for satellite launch services, Bezos announced today (March 7)....
View ArticleJeff Bezos to sell $1bn of Amazon stock each year to fund space ambitions
Amazon chief Jeff Bezos has confirmed his intention to sell $1bn of shares in his e-commerce empire each and every year in his pursuit of outer space.The beneficiary of this largesse will be Blue...
View ArticleConfident Amazon turns to India as it smashes earnings predictions
Online retailer Amazon has surprised on the upside after posting a 23 per cent year-on-year rise in revenues in its latest quarter to $35.71bn, beating consensus forecasts of a figure around the...
View ArticleBillionaires aplenty are backing trucking startup Convoy
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has invested in trucking network Convoy’s latest round of funding, joining a veritable who’s who of billionaire backers, which also include Amazon chief executive Jeff...
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How Jeff Bezos built a tech business within the Washington Post
In 2016 the Washington Post entered a new era of growth and profitability, an impressive feat against a backdrop of falling print revenues, rising competition and the challenges associated with...
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