Jeff Bezos, Amazon chief and owner of the Washington Post, isn’t sure that services like paywalls and tiered subscriptions can work for publishers.
During a wide-ranging panel at Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit, Bezos talked about how he works with the Washington Post staff, as well as the tech giant’s recent move into artificial intelligence and his thoughts on the presidential election. One of the most interesting nuggets in the conversation came out when Bezos talked about how the Washington Post plans to make money in the future. Despite running arguably the world’s biggest ecommerce company, asking consumers to pay for content isn’t a model that he’s totally sold on.
