For months, Kara has been assembling a group of investors to buy
The Washington Post. Although it's not actually for sale, an
ongoing exodus of journalistic talent, combined with Bezos's
decision to kill an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris
days before the 2024 presidential election, made it both plausible
that Bezos might entertain a bid and crucial that someone step
forward. Now, after watching Bezos remake the opinion section in
ways that seem designed to curry favor with President Trump, the
chances of persuading him to sell seem increasingly remote.
Nonetheless, Kara’s quixotic quest continues, and in this episode,
she talks to some of the people she’s turned to for advice,
including: Cameron Barr, a former senior managing editor at the
Post who resigned in the wake of the new changes; Tina Brown, a
pioneering journalist and media executive who has led multiple
publications, including Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Newsweek,
and The Daily Beast; Oliver Darcy, a former CNN senior media
reporter and currently the founder and lead author of Status.news;
Sally Quinn, the first woman to anchor a CBS News morning show, and
a best-selling author, and longtime Post columnist who was married
to the late Ben Bradlee, a legendary executive editor at the Post;
and Amanda Katz, a writer, editor and translator who worked as a
senior assignment editor for the opinion section of the Post until
she resigned last year (and wife to Kara Swisher). And
make sure to watch "Becoming Katharine Graham," a new documentary
about the former Post publisher's extraordinary life and
journalistic courage (now streaming, ironically enough, on Amazon
Prime). CORRECTION: In the intro, Kara incorrectly stated that Jeff
Bezos hired Marty Baron. In fact, Baron became the executive editor
of The Washington Post in January 2013, and Bezos completed his
purchase of the newspaper in October 2013. We apologize for
the error. Questions? Comments? Email us at on@voxmedia.com or find
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