Trump's Second Term

[Segnosaur]

Bezos now has to decide on the image of Amazon and Washington Post. He will likely have to make some slight divorce from supporting Trump. Otherwise his Amazon business will suffer the last 3 years of the Trump-Vance presidency.

Easiest thing is to sell the WP, as it will be worth nothing by 2029.

Here is the problem...

In my opinion print media is struggling. (More and more people are getting their information on line, or from cable or streaming news services.) The value of the Washington Post is probably going to be decreasing anyways, whether Bezos owns it or whether he manages to sell it off.

The Washington post is not the only news organization that has cut staff... For example, the Chicago Tribune, and the Canadian National Post have also cut staff in the past few years (although the Washington Post's cuts seem to be a lot deeper.)

In some ways I sort of respect Bezos for his ownership of the Post during Trump's first term.... it Endorsed Clinton and Biden, and it seemed to do an OK job of reporting on scandals with the Trump administration. (To me it almost seemed to be like some sort of silent resistance... his way of "challenging" Trump without confronting him directly.)

Its a sort of shame that things have shifted so much now, but given how unstable Trump is its understandable. (Unfortunate but understandable.)

 

[Darat]

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[jimbob]

And things get real when China's going to cancel ice hockey in Canada - they should seek the protection of being 51st state straight away

Nice use of the word, "real"

 

[Mojo]

Is that a rhetorical question?

No, it's a false dilemma.

 

[plague311]

Here is the problem...

In my opinion print media is struggling. (More and more people are getting their information on line, or from cable or streaming news services.) The value of the Washington Post is probably going to be decreasing anyways, whether Bezos owns it or whether he manages to sell it off.

The Washington post is not the only news organization that has cut staff... For example, the Chicago Tribune, and the Canadian National Post have also cut staff in the past few years (although the Washington Post's cuts seem to be a lot deeper.)

In some ways I sort of respect Bezos for his ownership of the Post during Trump's first term.... it Endorsed Clinton and Biden, and it seemed to do an OK job of reporting on scandals with the Trump administration. (To me it almost seemed to be like some sort of silent resistance... his way of "challenging" Trump without confronting him directly.)

Its a sort of shame that things have shifted so much now, but given how unstable Trump is its understandable. (Unfortunate but understandable.)

Why is it understandable? Your post seems a tad bit contradictory here. You respect Bezo's because of the "silent resistance" he had during Trump's first term but you don't seem to have any issues with him capitulating now? When we literally need it most.

I would respect Bezo's if he didn't meddle with the WaPo at all but his actions costs hundreds of thousands of subscribers to leave resulting in these layoffs. That's not understandable, that's not respectable, it's not good business practice, it's not solid leadership. He ruined WaPo and he has absolutely no one to blame but himself. I hope Amazon is the next to follow. I hope Bezo's actions do such irreparable damage to Amazon that it starts to break apart. That would be good news to me.