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“It makes sense to me as a consumer of content to have this feature — so why doesn’t it exist yet?”
The Post and Amazon owner met with the paper’s staffers in a town hall meeting this morning.
The news was mostly bad for publishers and news organizations last year.
“If we end up making more money as a publisher, that’s fantastic. I don’t think that’s going to be an afterthought or byproduct; I think there is a way to win from the business perspective.”
“We’re doing it now with more resources and we have a lot of patience for that job.”
That Bezos synergy has finally kicked in. How much will it help the Post’s quest to shift from a local newspaper to a national and global news powerhouse?
The executive director of emerging news products at the Bezos-era Post has been at the forefront of shaping news presentation on mobile devices.
The pricetag would be high, but it might be worth it to reassemble one part of the old newspaper bundle — tying together local news and local services.
Subscribers to more than 250 newspapers around the globe now have free digital access to the Post. The next question is how the paper will use this network to make money.