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“I thought: Let’s get all the areas we want to keep people informed about, whether it’s food or finances or relationships, and let’s get the best people not only to write a short tip on the subject matter once a week, but also to answer questions from our subscribers.”
“Improving technology has already made more and more information available to each of us, and will continue to do so. But more is not necessarily better.”
“He also tapped his time-tested technique of coming up with stories that appealed to the special interests of certain groups of Americans. He wrote about Lithuanian music for American music lovers and about Lithuanian theater for American theater buffs.”
Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: Why Bezos is buying the Washington Post, and what’s next for it." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 9 Aug. 2013. Web. 16 Apr. 2024.
APA
Coddington, M. (2013, Aug. 9). This Week in Review: Why Bezos is buying the Washington Post, and what’s next for it. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 16, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2013/08/this-week-in-review-why-bezos-is-buying-the-washington-post-and-whats-next-for-it/
Chicago
Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: Why Bezos is buying the Washington Post, and what’s next for it." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified August 9, 2013. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2013/08/this-week-in-review-why-bezos-is-buying-the-washington-post-and-whats-next-for-it/.
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