Approximately 30 minutes ago, @WashingtonPost tweeted:
Washington Post to be sold to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos http://t.co/v84m9ImVy5
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 5, 2013
And Twitter went up in tweeting frenzy!
Here are the top 19 tweets from the Terrapinn Enterprise team feeds:
Washington Post is killing it on the scoops for this story
— samir mezrahi (@samir) August 5, 2013
Jeff #Bezos buys the Washington Post & associated papers for $250 M. Fascinating. Is a foldable Kindle in the works? http://t.co/A6cud9d1Fw
— Michael Nelson (@MikeNelson) August 5, 2013
The @washingtonpost was sold to Jeff Bezos for $280M. No word on whether Amazon Prime customers get free delivery.
— Scott Monty (@ScottMonty) August 5, 2013
Last week’s visit to an Amazon fulfillment center by @BarackObama now seems prescient, foreshadowing.
— Jessica Yellin (@JessicaYellin) August 5, 2013
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought…the Washington Post. Wow Jeff Bezos. #bezos #washingtonpost
— Andy Levey (@andylevey) August 5, 2013
Anyone really surprised by the Washington Post sale hasn’t been paying attention
— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) August 5, 2013
Bezos will be delivered the Washington Post within 48 hours via Amazon Prime
— samir mezrahi (@samir) August 5, 2013
Amazon buys the Washington Post on Ebay, spurning Craigslist.
— Neil King (@NKingofDC) August 5, 2013
WaPo is being sold to Bezos personally, not to Amazon.
— Tiffany Bridge (@tiffany) August 5, 2013
The Royal Baby’s name is Amazon Kindle Bezos Post
— samir mezrahi (@samir) August 5, 2013
@businessinsider @jyarow Yeah that’s like me buying Chia Pet and not having any plan of what to do with it.
— JR (@YianniNYC) August 5, 2013
There’s a Kindle for that. RT @washingtonpost: @WashingtonPost to be sold to @Amazon founder Jeff Bezos http://t.co/jpOzWJaww0
— Alex Howard (@digiphile) August 5, 2013
@businessinsider @Yahoo @mradamtaylor my 2002 Silverado is also available, as Yahoo passed on it. Bezos- you interested?
— Lee Badman (@wirednot) August 5, 2013
In #WaPo acquisition, Bezos is paying half of what Amazon paid for http://t.co/oSUQBN5pcK in 2010.
— Helen Coster (@hcoster) August 5, 2013
@FastCompany Hrmm. This might be a good thing. I trust Bezos. Maybe he can bring dignity back to the Washington Compost.
— Jonathan (@sorttaouttasync) August 5, 2013
Wait, this isn’t The Onion reporting? MT @FastCompany: Jeff Bezos just bought the Washington Post for $250 million… http://t.co/hEbRsOZbkU
— Bob Woodbury (@bobwoodbury) August 5, 2013
@TechCrunch Well I guess its only a matter of time before @MikeBloomberg acquires @nytimes
— Patrick Dugan (@pdugan19) August 5, 2013
LOL, What, I Don’t Even, What, “The Post,” Jeff Bezos, The Hell, Oh My God – http://t.co/rJOH5pGqfq
— The Awl (@Awl) August 5, 2013
You really can buy anything on Amazon… RT @Reuters: Jeff Bezos to buy The Washington Post http://t.co/WzJatYr2oT
— dmc (@violentfanon) August 5, 2013
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The next thing Jeff Bezos should buy is the USPS. I bet he could fix it in a few weeks.
— Adam Ostrow (@adamostrow) August 6, 2013
Salon. com, #Bezos: The iceberg just rescued the Titanic: http://t.co/B6HY3XpSFd
— Dr. Michael Spehr (@MicSpehr) August 6, 2013
“#Amazon‘s #Bezos buys Washington Post for $250Mil” What else is in his shopping cart? He qualified 4 free shipping? http://t.co/5RHn8cnMfM
— CIA Spy Girl (@CIAspygirl) August 6, 2013
Sean Parker Purchases Middle-earth Plain Dealer for 10,000 Pence #Bezos
— Ratty (@HeyRatty) August 5, 2013
“Owner of Mom and Pop Bookstore Cancels Washington Post Subscription” #Bezos
— Ratty (@HeyRatty) August 5, 2013
Breaking: The Washington Post has been sold to an anonymous mogul known only as “Deep Pockets” #washingtonpost #bezos
— TrivWorks (@TrivWorks) August 5, 2013
Bob Woodward On #WaPo sale: “This Isn’t Rupert Murdoch buying The Wall Street Journal” http://t.co/guqeUX4JDr
— serena_danna (@serena_danna) August 6, 2013
Staff of #wapo reacts on Twitter: “I’ve bought a lot of stuff from Jeff Bezos’s companies so this was only fair.” http://t.co/tvHW4qbZXP
— Torsten Beeck (@TorstenBeeck) August 6, 2013
