Unsolicited Advice: Why Jeff Bezos should sell the Washington Post

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges facing the Washington Post and argues for its sale by Jeff Bezos to new entrepreneurs.

The Washington Post, owned by Jeff Bezos, recently carried out a massive layoff that eliminated more than a third of its staff. In this episode of Unsolicited Advice, Anne and Frances dive deeper into the underlying issues affecting the paper and the journalism industry at large, arguing that Bezos should sell the company to a team of can-do entrepreneurs who are willing to truly listen to the data, take big swings, and rebuild the paper’s reputation at a time when great journalism is more important than ever. Connect with the team Follow Anne on Instagram and LinkedIn   Follow Frances on Instagram and LinkedIn Watch Fixable videos on youtube.com/@TEDAudioCollective Visit Anne and Frances’ website Have a question you want Anne and Frances to solve? Email the team at fixable@ted.com or leave a voicemail at 234-349-2253 Follow TED on X , Instagram , Facebook , LinkedIn , and TikTok For the full text transcript, visit ted.com/podcasts/fixable-transcripts Learn more about our flagship conference happening this April at  attend.ted.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Anne, Frances

Topics covered

• journalism
• media ownership
• layoffs
• entrepreneurship
• reputation rebuilding

Keywords

• Washington Post
• Jeff Bezos
• layoffs
• journalism
• entrepreneurs
• media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Washington Post, TED

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