I firmly believe that Mr. Bezos' veto was not motivated by any concern that he had for the future of The Post.; that his decision was propelled by fear of what a re-elected Trump would do to Amazon if he allowed the newspaper to endorse an adversary. If Bezos allowed the ready for publication of the Harris-Walz endorsement hit the streets and Trump managed to win, wouldn't Bezos, hence Amazon, become "an enemy of the people" and consequently destroyed? Bezos' wealth and income, if any, resulting from ownership of The Post is insignificant compared with the multi-Billions from Amazon.
I think he's more worried about his space exploration company. As you and I have discussed, the tariffs will kill all sorts of businesses, and since Amazon is a middleman for lots of suppliers, that will be the death of them.
I was torn, as I am addicted to reading WaPo and NYT (when I have time). My wife was so angry, I let her go ahead and cancel. I'm terrified, but not exactly surprised, that owners are wielding their power right now. Ultimate capitalism.
What ‘papers’ would you recommend? We no longer have true ‘local’ papers. Ever since Journal Register started buying up DLN & weeklies, it, Chester County anyway IMO, has become a news desert.
Currently, all my subscriptions are online. I subscribe to the Times, because I have since I read my parents' subscription as a child. I've never NOT gotten the Times, and there are days I want to cancel when they're apologists for the GOP and their leader. I also subscribe to USA Today because their policy has always been that news and opinion need to be separated. I subscribe to the Guardian, because the Brits have a better take on a lot of international things than we do. I subscribe to the South China Morning Post because their reporting on COVID, SARS and other diseases is something I've kept up with since the pandemic started.
I intermittently subscribe to the DLN -- when they run a deal of $1 for a year, or something in that area, I say "sure" and then I cancel when it ends. Yeah, they suck, and they need actual proofreaders and fact checkers - but they do provide a lot of local things I wouldn't know about otherwise -- and anything under $5 for a year is about what they're worth. (Also, I used to like to get on the phone and argue with Mike Rellahan, although it should be about time he retires.)
I intermittently subscribe to the Inky. It's a shell of what it was back in the 70's, and there is WAAAAAY too much sports for me, but I want to keep them in business. Generally, I take the 6 month offer, and at the end, negotiate a new rate, and if they don't meet me where I want to be, I cancel and go back a number of months later.
In addition, when I'm researching things, sometimes there is a series in a paper, like the Boston Globe, or the Chicago Tribune, or wherever, and I exceed my allowable free articles, so I subscribe for a month to be able to see what I want to know about.
I also have paid subscriptions (or make contributions) to the online publications that have information in which I'm interested.
In a lot of ways, everywhere is a news desert. When blogging was in its heyday, you could always get great information from the reliable blogs, and I mourn their loss. But I REALLY mourn the death of newspapers.
Well, I’ve been skeptical about NYT with their various biases (I know- we ALL have our own laundry lists), but they really surprised me with that opinion page spread! Way to go!!!
I firmly believe that Mr. Bezos' veto was not motivated by any concern that he had for the future of The Post.; that his decision was propelled by fear of what a re-elected Trump would do to Amazon if he allowed the newspaper to endorse an adversary. If Bezos allowed the ready for publication of the Harris-Walz endorsement hit the streets and Trump managed to win, wouldn't Bezos, hence Amazon, become "an enemy of the people" and consequently destroyed? Bezos' wealth and income, if any, resulting from ownership of The Post is insignificant compared with the multi-Billions from Amazon.
Money talks.
I think he's more worried about his space exploration company. As you and I have discussed, the tariffs will kill all sorts of businesses, and since Amazon is a middleman for lots of suppliers, that will be the death of them.
I was torn, as I am addicted to reading WaPo and NYT (when I have time). My wife was so angry, I let her go ahead and cancel. I'm terrified, but not exactly surprised, that owners are wielding their power right now. Ultimate capitalism.
Please give your wife a hug for me. I was furious too, and I already miss WaPo but principle is principle.
What ‘papers’ would you recommend? We no longer have true ‘local’ papers. Ever since Journal Register started buying up DLN & weeklies, it, Chester County anyway IMO, has become a news desert.
Currently, all my subscriptions are online. I subscribe to the Times, because I have since I read my parents' subscription as a child. I've never NOT gotten the Times, and there are days I want to cancel when they're apologists for the GOP and their leader. I also subscribe to USA Today because their policy has always been that news and opinion need to be separated. I subscribe to the Guardian, because the Brits have a better take on a lot of international things than we do. I subscribe to the South China Morning Post because their reporting on COVID, SARS and other diseases is something I've kept up with since the pandemic started.
I intermittently subscribe to the DLN -- when they run a deal of $1 for a year, or something in that area, I say "sure" and then I cancel when it ends. Yeah, they suck, and they need actual proofreaders and fact checkers - but they do provide a lot of local things I wouldn't know about otherwise -- and anything under $5 for a year is about what they're worth. (Also, I used to like to get on the phone and argue with Mike Rellahan, although it should be about time he retires.)
I intermittently subscribe to the Inky. It's a shell of what it was back in the 70's, and there is WAAAAAY too much sports for me, but I want to keep them in business. Generally, I take the 6 month offer, and at the end, negotiate a new rate, and if they don't meet me where I want to be, I cancel and go back a number of months later.
In addition, when I'm researching things, sometimes there is a series in a paper, like the Boston Globe, or the Chicago Tribune, or wherever, and I exceed my allowable free articles, so I subscribe for a month to be able to see what I want to know about.
I also have paid subscriptions (or make contributions) to the online publications that have information in which I'm interested.
In a lot of ways, everywhere is a news desert. When blogging was in its heyday, you could always get great information from the reliable blogs, and I mourn their loss. But I REALLY mourn the death of newspapers.
Hope this helps!
Well, I’ve been skeptical about NYT with their various biases (I know- we ALL have our own laundry lists), but they really surprised me with that opinion page spread! Way to go!!!