News | International
10 Feb 2025 14:26
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > International

    Washington Post staff request meeting with owner Jeff Bezos over future of newspaper

    Over 400 staff members of the Washington Post sign a letter to owner Jeff Bezos, requesting an in-person meeting with the billionaire to discuss the future of the newspaper.


    Over 400 staff members of the Washington Post have signed a letter to owner Jeff Bezos, requesting an in-person meeting with the billionaire to discuss the future of the newspaper.

    "We are deeply alarmed by recent leadership decisions that have led readers to question the integrity of this institution, broken with a tradition of transparency, and prompted some of our most distinguished colleagues to leave, with more departures imminent," the letter reads.

    The letter, which was signed by some of the paper's most distinguished reporters and editors, urged Mr Bezos to visit The Post's office to meet in person. 

    Mr Bezos, the world's second-richest man, bought the newspaper in 2013.

    "This is about retaining our competitive edge, restoring trust that has been lost, and re-establishing a relationship with leadership based on open communication," the letter continued. 

    Staffers' concerns were unrelated to Mr Bezos's decision to end the paper's endorsement of US presidential candidates, the letter said, stating that it was "the owner’s prerogative". 

    The Post announced it would not be endorsing either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump for president just over a week before the November 5 election, marking the first time in 36 years the paper had not endorsed a candidate.

    In the days that followed, The Post lost over 250,000 subscribers

    The paper's former executive editor, Marty Baron, told the ABC the paper's move was "cowardice, with democracy as its casualty."

    Mr Bezos argued endorsements did nothing but "create a perception of bias" in an op-ed he wrote for the paper.

    Earlier this month, a Pulitzer-winning cartoonist resigned after the newspaper refused to publish her sketch featuring Mr Bezos, satirised bowing before Trump.

    Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg to attend Trump's inauguration 

    Tech CEOs Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Mr Bezos will be featured prominently at US president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration next week.

    The chief executives of Tesla, Meta and Amazon will be sitting with the Trump's Cabinet nominees and other elected officials, according to NBC News, which first reported their attendance.

    Mr Bezos's billion-dollar e-commerce company and Mr Zuckerberg's Meta are among the companies that have donated to Trump's inauguration fund, each giving $US1 million ($1.6 million).

    Mr Musk spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars to help elect Trump in November.

    The Post has reported on Mr Bezos's links to Trump, including articles detailing attendance at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort with Tesla CEO Musk following the US election in December.

    ABC/wires

    © 2025 ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation. All rights reserved

     Other International News
     10 Feb: Donald Trump to announce new tariffs on steel and aluminium
     10 Feb: US officials head to Europe for top-level talks on Ukraine war
     10 Feb: Israeli forces withdraw from Gaza Strip's Netzarim Corridor as part of ceasefire deal
     10 Feb: Can schools enforce uniform policies like short hair for boys and skirts for girls?
     10 Feb: Why is public transport in American cities so bad?
     10 Feb: Alex de Minaur loses to Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 in Rotterdam Open final
     10 Feb: The reality of Ukraine's impersonal, sci-fi drone war
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Three-time Super Bowl winner Riki Ellison believes Philadelphia's chances of toppling Kansas City in the Super Bowl will be determined by the output of their running back More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Donald Trump to announce new tariffs on steel and aluminium More...



     Today's News

    National:
    NZ households will be slightly worse off if Trump triggers a trade war – new modelling 14:17

    Business:
    Donald Trump to announce new tariffs on steel and aluminium 14:17

    Entertainment:
    Elijah Wood is married 14:12

    Law and Order:
    Auckland Police are enquiring into the sudden, unexplained death of a baby in Massey 14:07

    Auckland:
    Two pedestrians have moderate injures after being hit by debris that fell on Auckland's Queen Street - from a multi-storey building 13:57

    Law and Order:
    No hiding for a driver who sped with no lights through Auckland's Hillsborough just after midnight 13:47

    Entertainment:
    Dolly Parton didn't drink red wine for years because it reminded her of love rival Jolene 13:42

    Law and Order:
    A student has died at Rotorua Boys' High School's hostel this morning, with an ambulance sent about 6am 13:27

    Entertainment:
    Kate Cassidy has spoken out about receiving death threats and accusations of being a gold-digger following the death of her boyfriend Liam Payne 13:12

    National:
    Why Hollywood is finally telling a different kind of age-gap romance story 13:07


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd