Invisible hand or thoughtful design? Ownership and influence in the sale of The Washington Post

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Invisible hand or thoughtful design? Ownership and influence in the sale of The Washington Post:

Every time a news organization relies on Facebook News Feed algorithms to surface its stories, on third-party widgets to organize its “most popular” reports, on Google News to index its content, or on Twitter to teach its journalists social media best practices, it must reinterpret the meaning of press freedom.

Open letter to Jeff Bezos from Gene Weingarten

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Open letter to Jeff Bezos from Gene Weingarten:

He smiled and said that it embodied his most important principle as a newspaper manager: “Kick up, kiss down.” Aggravate your bosses, but make the people below you love and respect you.

Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos

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Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos:

The deal does not include the company’s headquarters on 15th St. NW in Washington (the building has been for sale since February), or Foreign Policy magazine, Slate.com, the Root.com, the WaPo Labs digital-development operation or Post-owned land along the Potomac River in Alexandria.