Bezos' Intentions, Williams Goes Under Knife, CNN Host vs. RNC Chairman

August 7, 2013 Subscribe · Forward The Darker Reason Bezos May Have Bought The Post Amazon chief Jeff Bezos's purchase of the Washington Post has been met with a large amount of optimism within the paper. In recent days, though, a number of more critical takes on his upcoming stewardship have emerged. Most have looked at what kind of businessman Bezos has been, and have questioned what his intent is for the Post. Continue reading... Will The New York Times Be The Next Newspaper On The Market? WATCH: CNN Host Confronts RNC Chairman Brian Williams Officially Goes Under The Knife CNN Announces Big Shakeup WOW: This Column Really Happened WATCH: Oprah Recounts Racist Experiences Washington Post Publisher Wasn't Going To Give NYT Scoop On Sale WHOA: Yep, Joe Scarborough Said This WHOA: Yep, Joe Scarborough Said This The Darker Reason Bezos May Have Bought The Post WOW: This Column Really Happened MORRIS W. O'KELLY Nouveau Black Republicans Are Killing Minority Outreach We're not in search of black faces repeating exactly what was said previously by the white ones. Trust me, we aren't. We're in search of meaningful inclusion and substantive competition for our votes on a policy level. Continue reading... MARK WEISBROT Mass Media Helps Keep Americans in the Dark About U.S. Foreign Policy What would U.S. foreign, military, and so-called "national security" policy look like if the media reported the most important facts about it? Continue reading... GRETA VAN SUSTEREN Requiem for the Newspaper Clique The newspaper industry might have dodged the 8 ball if they had skipped the salons where they talk to each other and instead realized that they are a service industry (yes, like a lawn service or even cable news) and thus evolved to meet the needs of their customers. Continue reading... BRUCE ACKERMAN How the Internet Can Save Journalism Although the Internet may have destroyed the newspaper's old business model, we can use it to create a new decentralized system that may generate an even more vibrant marketplace of ideas for the twenty-first century. Continue reading... JOHN K. HERR Bezos Buys the Post-newspaper World As the Post changed hands to a computer king, its ink-stained wretches, past and present, shed a virtual tear. Although I never worked in its newsroom, one of those ink-stained wretches was me. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003