Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has shaken up his newspaper’s opinion section, my friend (and podcast guest) Ben Mullin reported. The Amazon founder demanded that his side hustle publish commentary that pushes “personal liberties and free markets”. Dissent will not bed tolerated. David Shipley, who ran the opinion section, has left the newspaper in response. […]
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Anyone who reads The Addition will surely know that there has been a massive row in the US after the Washington Post and LA Times decided not to publish a presidential endorsement, late in the day. There is anger as many believe the rich owners of the newspapers, Jef Bezos (WaPo) and Patrick Soon-Shiong (Times)
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And so, after all that, Rob Winnett is staying at the Telegraph. Staff both there and at the Washington Post, where he was supposed to become executive editor, have now been told of the development. It comes after days (weeks?) of speculation and allegations against him and new WaPo publisher/CEO Will Lewis relating to the phone hacking scandal and
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Mathew Ingram, chief digital writer at the Colombia Journalism Review, joins me to discuss the ongoing controversy at the Washington Post. Will Lewis and Rob Winnett are set to take over the top jobs at the storied paper. However, they are being asked questions about their alleged involvement in the phone hacking scandal, including by
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