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Happy holidays, and welcome back to The Stratosphere. In today’s issue, I take a look at Jeff Bezos’s emerging frontrunner bid to purchase The Washington Commanders for a price tag that could reach a staggering $7 billion—or about 30x what he spent for The Washington Post a decade ago.
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Happy holidays, and welcome back to The Stratosphere.

In today’s issue, I take a look at Jeff Bezos’s emerging frontrunner bid to purchase The Washington Commanders for a price tag that could reach a staggering $7 billion—or about 30x what he spent for The Washington Post a decade ago.

And then, below the fold, speaking of big Seattle-based expenditures, I have the origin story of how Sam Bankman-Fried got his start as a political mega-donor.

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Now that the tech titans have fallen short in their attempts to buy the NBA’s Phoenix Suns—which included an unexpected bid from an associate of PeterThiel—the sports franchise hunt turns to Washington. That’s where Jeff Bezos, working with Jay-Z, is widely considered a leading candidate to purchase a stake in the NFL’s Washington Commanders from Dan Snyder. The first round of bids were due December 23rd, the night before Christmas Eve, and at least some came in well north of $7 billion...
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