tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post6076810212550566330..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Bezos' motivation? Here's a contrarian's viewJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-24185388712937308152013-08-07T18:39:57.472-04:002013-08-07T18:39:57.472-04:00I have puzzled over Bezos' motivation too, and...I have puzzled over Bezos' motivation too, and of course I have no specific knowledge of what it really might be, but I would be more inclined to speculate that he may be deliberately moving further into the general business of content-creation, as opposed to just delivery of content others have produced (such as books, streaming media, etc.). There's more profit if you can create the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-40348837999184032112013-08-07T11:33:56.859-04:002013-08-07T11:33:56.859-04:00Perhaps he has a plan to successfully monetize con...Perhaps he has a plan to successfully monetize content. Since neither Gannett nor anyone else after a decade has figured it out, his rollout could be instructive. Amazon already hosts paid content for many newspapers. Bezos is smart enough to know that turning WaPo into a pithy sound board for sales tax exemptions would kill the brand. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com