Episode 36: What Would Bezos Do? Don Graham Reflects on Lessons from Selling The Washington Post
Mon, 7 Dec 2020
What's the fate of local newspapers? Do local TV stations face the same issues headed into the new year? Our penultimate podcast of 2020 features an interview with Donald Graham, chairman of Graham Holdings and former publisher of The Washington Post. Graham reflects on what led to the decision to sell the paper in 2013 after eight decades of family ownership, and what lessons today's print and broadcast media might learn from Bezos' handling of The Post.
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