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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe richest guy on the 2021 Forbes 400 owns the Washington Post. Number 2 now owns Twitter. ....
The richest guy on the 2021 Forbes 400 owns the Washington Post. Number 2 now owns Twitter. Number 3 owns Facebook. Numbers 5 and 6 started Google. Numbers 4 and 9 started Microsoft. Number 10 owns Bloomberg. Free speech? You decide.
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The richest guy on the 2021 Forbes 400 owns the Washington Post. Number 2 now owns Twitter. .... (Original Post)
IcyPeas
Apr 2022
OP
What troubles me is how did Bezos do it? Millions were selling books from home in 1998.
bucolic_frolic
Apr 2022
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dalton99a
(92,846 posts)1. Kick

In It to Win It
(12,526 posts)5. +1000000
BEEN PREACHING THAT ALL DAY!
bucolic_frolic
(54,498 posts)2. What troubles me is how did Bezos do it? Millions were selling books from home in 1998.
He got it to go. It wasn't all just about capital. He had a growth strategy.
Carlitos Brigante
(26,848 posts)3. That's some very expensive speech. nt
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)4. As long as millions of us can post opposition to stuff we don't agree with,
Im OK.
Bev54
(13,328 posts)6. Rachel made a good point tonight
As the government and the world are trying to go green by investing billions in electric vehicles, the main manufacturer of EV's is wasting $44 billion on buying a site for people to type 280 characters. Seems priorities are a bit screwed up here.
2naSalit
(101,006 posts)7. And then there's newscorp.
