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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Buys The Washington Post

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August 05, 2013 10:01 PM

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has signed a deal to buy The Washington Post and sibling newspapers for $250 million, the Washington Post Company said Monday afternoon. Mr. Bezos, not Amazon, will own the newspaper.

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