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T he questions stated above might not fall into jeff bezoss areas of sharpest expertise. Oct 06, 2014 washington post owner jeff bezos plans to tie the newspaper to his amazon empire with a builtin kindle tablet news app to reach a wider audience, a report said monday. When i subscribed i thought it would download to my kindle for pc so i could read. So stop worrying about when bezos might use the post as his agent of influence.
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Apr 19, 2018 why bezos really bought the washington post and other comments. Amazon ceo jeff bezos at the kindle event last year. Billionaire amazon founder and ceo jeff bezos bought himself a new toy on monday. Oct 06, 2014 the washington post, the paper of record for political happenings in the us and beyond, has decided to launch a news application that will appear on the next generation of amazon kindle fire tablets. In my experience, many superwealthy people have an affection for major newspapers and magazines that can be characterized as irrational or nonrational. The app is currently free for download now on all larger tablets. Bezos is purchasing the newspaper independently of amazon, the online. Amazon prime members can now get the washington post free.
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