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Washington Post

Jeff Bezos

Jeff’s Post Snub

After rebuffing A.I. publicly—including suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement—the Times finally announced a content deal with… the company run by the owner of its rival.
Dylan Byers • June 4, 2025
Dylan Byers • March 28, 2025
Flack Attack
kathy baird
Ironically, what’s plaguing media organizations right now—apart from the diminished revenue and the daily beatings from the White House, of course—is a lack of storytelling. No wonder everyone from the Post to Politico is looking for a few good comms.
Dylan Byers • March 13, 2025
Til Jeff Do Us Part
Jeff Bezos
Bezos’s subscriber-alienating decision to take greater control of the Washington Post opinion section, and to impose his free-markets ideological mandate, is not unlike the journalistic tradition at The Economist and The Wall Street Journal… neither of which are exactly pro-Trump mouthpieces.
David Shipley
Dylan Byers • March 8, 2025
How Shipley Hit the Fan
Jeff Bezos had been losing patience with The Washington Post’s liberal predilection long before he mandated a purely pro-markets Opinion section, and even before endorsement-gate. In fact, the tensions that culminated in Opinion editor David Shipley’s resignation had been building for years.
Jeff Bezos
Dylan Byers • March 6, 2025
The Kiss of Jeff
The latest news and notes from the Post in-crowd and D.C. haut monde about Bezos’s intentions and opportunities.
jeff bezos
Dylan Byers • January 9, 2025
A Matter of Life & Jeff
Yes, we’re all grossed out by billionaires and C.E.O.s genuflecting to the incoming president, even if much of it is cynical lip-service. But the agony and angst of it all has overly simplified a much more complex challenge.
John Harris
Dylan Byers • January 3, 2025
Politico, Brother, Where Art Thou?
More news and notes on the traditional inter-administration employment musical chairs within the D.C. media scene.
will lewis
Dylan Byers • December 27, 2024
The Ghosts of The Washington Post’s Past
News, notes, and H.R. updates on a series of significant fin de siècle leadership changes at Jeff Bezos’s constantly transmogrifying paper.
Matt Murray could be named the top editor of the washington post.
Dylan Byers • December 20, 2024
And Then There Was Matt…
After six excruciating months, Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis is naming acting executive editor Matt Murray as his new editorial leader—a fitting capstone to a lackluster search effort that never quite came to fruition.
George Stephanopoulos
Dylan Byers • December 19, 2024
Stephanopoulos’s Renewal & Will’s Plan B
News and notes on the most pressing topics at the intersection of the D.C. media axes of intrigue: Stephanopoulos’s sloppy electronics, and Washington Post top editor contingency planning.