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parture even more significant is
that in 2006 The Post, under the
ownership of the Graham family,
allowed John Harris and Jim VandeHei to walk out the door and
start Politico. Now, I have a lot of
problems with Politico’s gossipy
“drive the day” approach. But as
Times columnist Ross Douthat
has observed, much of the media
conversation about Washington
politics has shifted from The Post
to Politico, threatening one of The
Post’s franchises. It would have
been enormously beneficial to The
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Despite Bezos’ wellearned reputation as a
clear-eyed digital visionary,
he appears to have some
romantic notions about the
business he’s bought into.”
Post if Politico had been launched
under its own umbrella. And Politico itself might be better.
So if The Post is reluctant to
loosen the reins, are there any
other news organizations that
are taking a different approach?
Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher
walked away from their AllThingsD site at The Wall Street Jour-
Amazon.
com founder
Jeff Bezos
bought The
Washington
Post in 2013.