Editing Jeff Bezos (section)

=== ''The Washington Post'' ===
{{See also|The Washington Post}}
On August 5, 2013, Bezos announced his purchase of ''The Washington Post'' for $250&nbsp;million in cash,<ref>{{cite news|last=Farhi|first=Paul|title=Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/washington-post-to-be-sold-to-jeff-bezos/2013/08/05/ca537c9e-fe0c-11e2-9711-3708310f6f4d_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=August 5, 2013|date=August 6, 2013|archive-date=January 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101175929/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/washington-post-to-be-sold-to-jeff-bezos/2013/08/05/ca537c9e-fe0c-11e2-9711-3708310f6f4d_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> at the suggestion of his friend, [[Donald E. Graham|Don Graham]].<ref>{{Cite video |title=Jeff Bezos at the Economic Club of Washington |date=September 14, 2018 |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=xv_vkA0jsyo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208081725/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv_vkA0jsyo |archive-date=February 8, 2021 |time=13m |via=YouTube |access-date=February 22, 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> To execute the sale, he established [[limited liability company]] '''<!-- Nash Holdings is a re-direct to this section. -->Nash Holdings''' to serve as a [[holding company]] through which he would own the newspaper.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/08/06/jeff-bezos-is-buying-the-washington-post-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-sale|title=Jeff Bezos is buying The Washington Post. Here's what you need to know about the sale.|last=Matthews|first=Dylan|date=August 8, 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=March 11, 2018|archive-date=March 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311140725/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/08/06/jeff-bezos-is-buying-the-washington-post-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-sale/|url-status=live}}</ref> The sale closed on October 1, 2013, and Nash Holdings took control.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/washington-post-closes-sale-to-amazon-founder-jeff-bezos/2013/10/01/fca3b16a-2acf-11e3-97a3-ff2758228523_story.html|title=The Washington Post closes sale to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos|last=Farhi|first=Paul|date=October 1, 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=March 31, 2014|archive-date=May 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528092936/http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/washington-post-closes-sale-to-amazon-founder-jeff-bezos/2013/10/01/fca3b16a-2acf-11e3-97a3-ff2758228523_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2014, Bezos made his first significant change at ''The Washington Post'' and lifted the online paywall for subscribers of a number of U.S. local newspapers in [[Texas]], Hawaii, and [[Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Luckerson|first=Victor|title=Jeff Bezos Makes His First Major Move at the Washington Post|url=https://time.com/30243/jeff-bezos-makes-his-first-major-move-at-the-washington-post/|access-date=February 20, 2016|magazine=Time|date=March 19, 2014|archive-date=February 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207013940/http://time.com/30243/jeff-bezos-makes-his-first-major-move-at-the-washington-post/|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2016, Bezos set out to reinvent the newspaper as a media and technology company by reconstructing its digital media, mobile platforms, and analytics software.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/40495770/the-washington-post-is-a-software-company-now|title=The Washington Post Is a Software Company Now|last=McCrakken|first=Harry|date=November 17, 2017|magazine=Fast Company|access-date=March 9, 2018|archive-date=March 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310135709/https://www.fastcompany.com/40495770/the-washington-post-is-a-software-company-now|url-status=live}}</ref> After a surge in online readership in 2016, the paper was profitable for the first time since Bezos made the purchase in 2013.<ref name="Fortune">{{cite news |last=Wieczner |first=Jen |title=How Jeff Bezos Reacts to 'Negative' Amazon Articles in the Washington Post |url=http://fortune.com/2017/10/27/amazon-jeff-bezos-washington-post |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301153000/http://fortune.com/2017/10/27/amazon-jeff-bezos-washington-post/ |archive-date=March 1, 2018 |access-date=March 9, 2018 |work=Fortune}}</ref> However, Bezos' ownership of the ''Post'' has been subject to scrutiny and [[#Criticism|criticism]] regarding his treatment of employees<ref name="Hamilton"/> as well as his influence on the paper's content, in particular [[The Washington Post#Suppression of views Bezos disfavors|2024-25 interference]] with the editorial and opinion pages.