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>> YOU MAY NOT WANT TO HEAR THIS
BUT YOU'RE ONE OF THE REASONS I
WENT INTO JOURNALISM.
>> IT SEEMS TO HAVE PAID OFF FOR
YOU.
YOU'RE DOING ALL RIGHT.
>> WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL
REACTION TO THE FACT THAT THE
FAMILY THAT YOU SERVED UNDER FOR
SO LONG SOLD OUT NOW TO A
DOT COM BILLIONAIRE?
>> A GREAT SADNESS GIVEN THE
CONTRIBUTION OF THE GRAM FAMILY
TO JOURNALISM, TO THE NATIONAL
GOOD HEALTH IN TERMS OF
PROMOTING A KIND OF REPORTING
THAT SERVES EVERYBODY IN THIS
COUNTRY, AND A KIND OF HONESTY
AND A KIND OF PRINCIPLE
MANAGEMENT.
THAT SAID, THE PAPER IS NOT
ECONOMICALLY HEALTHY AND LIKE
MOST NEWSPAPERS AND LIKE MOST
NEWS ORGANIZATIONS, AND I THINK
THIS COULD BE A GREAT THING FOR
A GREAT INSTITUTION.
>> BY THE WAY, JEFF IS A GENIUS,
AND A MULTI-BILLIONAIRE GENIUS
AND EVERYBODY THAT USES AMAZON
LOVES IT.
IT PROVIDES EVERYTHING YOU COULD
WANT IN LIFE.
>> THE GREAT HOPE HERE IS LOOK,
OUR FAILINGS ARE AN ECONOMIC
MODEL THAT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE,
AND HOPEFULLY, BY HAVING A
GENOUS FROM THE INTERNET AGE,
FROM THE INTERNET TECHNOLOGY WHO
WILL HELP FIND A MODEL THAT WILL
PRESERVE THE MOST ENDURING
ASPECTS OF JOURNAL LIST SKPM
MARRY IT WITH THIS CULTURE,
THAT'S THE HOPE.
WE NEED AN ECONOMIC MODEL,
SOMEBODY WHO HAS DEEP POCKETS TO
SUSTAIN GREAT REPORTING.
THAT'S WHAT HAS BEEN LACKING.
THERE ARE TONS OF STORIES OUT
THERE WE'RE NOT DOING.
WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD ENOUGH NEWS
REPORT, NOT IN THE WASHINGTON
POST, NOT EVEN IN THE NEW YORK
TIMES.
>> RIGHT.
>> WHICH IS RIGHT NOW BY FAR THE
MOST SUCCESSFUL REPORTING
ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD.
AT THE SAME TIME VERY FEW
ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING GREAT
REPORTING.
>> I SAT NEXT TO JEFF 12 YEARS
AGO AND HE SAID TO ME IN TEN
YEARS TIME YOU'LL BE READING
THIS PAPER ON A TABLET AND I
LAUGHED AT HIM.
I THOUGHT IT WAS RIDICULOUS.
HE SAID IT WILL BE LIKE THAT AND
THEY WILL BEND AND YOU PUT THEM
IN YOUR POCKET WHEN YOU WALK
AROUND.
YOU HAVE AN IPAD WITH YOU.
>> YES.
>> THAT'S WHAT HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE WAS
TALKING ABOUT IT AND I SAW HIM
AT A PARTY AND HE SAID THE
BENDING ELEMENT IS ABOUT TO COME
INTO PLAY AS WELL.
HE'S A GENIUS.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS HE'S DONE
IS SHOW A WILLINGNESS TO STAND
BY AN IDEA, WATCH IT DEVELOP AND
GO THROUGH TROUBLED TIMES IN THE
DEVELOPMENT, CONTINUE TO FUND IT
AND PERFECT IT.
THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE NEED IN
THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS OR THE
FORMER NEWSPAPER BUSINESS.
MARRY THE NEW TECHNOLOGY WITH
THE GREAT THINGS WE'RE CAPABLE
OF.
>> THE ONE THING --
>> WE NEED ENENTREPRENEUR OF
REPORTING.
>> I BET "THE WASHINGTON POST"
BECOMES REALLY GOOD.
>> I THINK WE'RE TALKING LESS
ABOUT DELIVERING NEWSPAPERS THAN
USING THE GREAT PLATFORM.
>> YEAH.
>> THAT DIGITAL IS AND WILL
BECOME EVEN BETTER, BUT TO USE
IT WITH THE THING THAT
JOURNALISM IS ABOUT, THE BEST
OBTAINABLE --
>> LET ME COME TO THAT --
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BEST
OBTAINABLE VERSION OF THE TRUTH.