Why did Jeff Bezos buy the Washington Post?

4 points by joedevon 12y ago ↗ HN

Now that we've had a day to digest the news, does Bezos have a master plan that's much larger than the obvious things that come to mind at first glance?

What do you, the HN readers think he bought it for?

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tylermac1 12y ago ↗

I'm not sure it's much more than him wanting to get on the forefront of the coming changes in the way print media works.

I wouldn't be surprised to see some sort of news integration with Kindles in the near future.

pain_perdu 12y ago ↗

To get to the other side?

ksherlock 12y ago ↗

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Why did John Henry buy the Boston Globe?