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☆ The 1982 Tylenol Murders: An Enduring Mystery
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Brian Todd | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Editor’s Note: Learn more about the decades-old cold case of the Tylenol murders in the latest episode of “How It Really Happened,” airing Sunday at 9 p.m. A string of unsolved murders is the subject of a CNN Original Series documentary, ‘How It Really Happened: Tylenol Murders’ airing Sunday, November 17 at 9 p.m. When they gathered that afternoon, Adam’s brother Stanley Janus and Stanley’s wife, Theresa, also took Tylenol capsules from the same bottle. The most compelling suspect was James William Lewis, who investigators determined had sent a threatening letter to Johnson & Johnson, demanding $1 million to stop the Tylenol murders. As horrific as those deaths remain, the Tylenol murders did lead to safety measures which have very likely saved many lives.

Persons: Washington CNN —, Mary Kellerman, Mary, Kellerman, Adam Janus, Adam’s, Stanley Janus, Stanley’s, Theresa, Mary McFarland, Paula Prince, Mary “ Lynn ” Reiner, Johnson, Yvonne Hemsey, Tylenol, Helen Jensen, Janus, Sherlock Holmes, James William Lewis, Lewis, could’ve, ” James W, Keith Myers, Roger Arnold, Ted Kaczynski, Arnold, Kaczynski Organizations: CNN, Washington CNN, Health, Johnson, Kansas City Star, AP Locations: Chicago’s, Elk Grove Village , Illinois, Arlington Heights , Illinois, Chicago, Arlington, Kansas City, Mo, Texas

☆ Jeff Bezos congratulates Trump for an 'extraordinary political comeback' after the Washington Post's decision not to endorse a candidate
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

His remarks follow the decision by the Washington Post, which Bezos owns, not to endorse a candidate. AdvertisementJeff Bezos congratulated Donald Trump on his reelection less than two weeks after his newspaper's decision not to endorse a candidate in the race. AdvertisementThe Washington Post endorsed Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, Hillary Clinton in 2016, and Joe Biden in 2020. While campaigning for the 2016 presidential election, Trump said Amazon would have "problems" if he became president. AdvertisementTrump has criticized the Washington Post as "lobbyist" and called Bezos "Jeff Bozo" in 2019.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump, Bezos, —, Trump, William Lewis, Lewis, Kamala Harris, David Hoffman, Molly Roberts, Mili Mitra, Robert Kagan, Michele Norris, Danielle Allen, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Dave Limp, Megan Mitchell —, Limp, Jeff Bozo Organizations: Washington Post, Service, Washington, Trump, Associated Press Locations: America

☆ Jeff Bezos has just as much at stake in this election as Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The billionaire has been less prominent in the election than Elon Musk — but still has much at stake. Bezos's Blue Origin is working with NASA and the Pentagon as it plays catch-up with Musk's SpaceX. Executives from Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin, including CEO Dave Limp, spoke with Donald Trump on Friday, The Associated Press reported. Like all private space companies, Blue Origin relies heavily on federal contracts and is competing with SpaceX for government and military projects. Blue Origin did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: Jeff Bezos's, Elon Musk, —, Jeff Bezos, Dave Limp, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, William Lewis, Bezos, Lewis, Robert Kagan, Michele Norris, Marty Baron, Baron, Elon, Artemis, it's, SpaceX's, Trump Organizations: Washington Post, NASA, Pentagon, Musk's SpaceX, Service, Bezos, Associated Press, New York Times, Trump, SpaceX, Republican, PAC, Business, Bloomberg, White, Twitter, United States Post, United States Postal Service, Web Services, of Defense, Microsoft Locations: Washington, The Texas, Amazon

☆ Washington Post reports that owner Jeff Bezos stopped it from endorsing Kamala Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Washington Post won't endorse a presidential candidate in 2024. Sources told the Washington Post that the paper's owner, Jeff Bezos, made the decision. AdvertisementThe Washington Post said Friday it won't endorse a candidate in the 2024 election — or in any future presidential races. Advertisement"Donald Trump will celebrate this as an invitation to further intimidate The Post's owner, Jeff Bezos (and other media owners)," Baron told NPR. AdvertisementThe Washington Post did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: Marty Baron, Jeff Bezos, —, William Lewis, Lewis, Bezos, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Baron, Semafor, Patrick Soon, Shiong, Mariel Garza Organizations: Washington, Washington Post, Service, NPR, Post, NASA, Bezos, Sierra Space, Los Angeles Times, Business

CNN —William Lewis, the new publisher and chief executive of The Washington Post, reportedly tried to kill a story about his alleged involvement in a UK phone hacking scandal coverup, offering an NPR reporter an interview in exchange for squashing the forthcoming article. The decade-old UK scandal that engulfed right-wing media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s “News of the World” tabloid, was revived in recent years in a new lawsuit filed by Prince Harry and other notable figures including Guy Ritchie and Hugh Grant. Despite Lewis’ attempt to squash the story, NPR published the article in late December under the headline “New ‘Washington Post’ CEO accused of Murdoch tabloid hacking cover-up,” featuring a 2011 photo of Lewis with Murdoch. According to the Times, Lewis told Buzbee the story didn’t warrant coverage in the newspaper. Days later, when the judge in the UK case allowed allegations about Lewis to be included in the lawsuit, the Post published another story naming him.

Persons: William Lewis, Rupert Murdoch’s, Prince Harry, Guy Ritchie, Hugh Grant, Lewis, David Folkenflik, —, heatedly —, ” Folkenflik, ”, Lewis ’, Murdoch, Sally Buzbee, Buzbee, Matt Murray, Sally, ” Lewis, “ Organizations: CNN, The Washington Post, Murdoch’s News Corporation, NPR, “, Wall, Washington Post, ‘ Washington Post, New York Times, Times, Post, Wall Street Locations: Rupert Murdoch’s “, ‘ Washington

☆ Washington Post abruptly replaces executive editor Sally Buzbee in shakeup
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —The Washington Post announced on Sunday that it had parted ways with its top editor, Sally Buzbee, in a seismic shakeup executed by new publisher and chief executive William Lewis just months before the high-stakes 2024 presidential election. “Sally is an incredible leader and a supremely talented media executive who will be sorely missed,” Lewis said in a statement. “I wish her all the best going forward.”While Lewis praised Buzbee publicly on Sunday, she oversaw a particularly tumultuous period at the venerable newspaper. The Post said that Matt Murray, former editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal, will immediately replace Buzbee as executive editor. After the November election, Robert Winnett, deputy editor of The Telegraph Media Group, will take on a new role as editor of The Post, overseeing its core news offering.

Persons: Sally Buzbee, William Lewis, “ Sally, ” Lewis, “, Lewis, Buzbee, Matt Murray, Murray, Robert Winnett, Donald Trump, Rupert, “ I’m, Sally, ” Murray, Will Organizations: New, New York CNN, Washington Post, Post, Street, The Telegraph Media Group, The, Wall Street Locations: New York

☆ Zhongnanhai: The scenic garden that became China’s secretive seat of power
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-25 | by ( Jonathan Chatwin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

As the seat of power, Zhongnanhai is often thought of as China’s equivalent to the White House, or the Kremlin. Architectural changesThere have been serious revisions to the architecture of Zhongnanhai since the end of imperial rule in 1912. Having re-established Zhongnanhai as a center of political power in the new China, Mao set about rebuilding the compound according to his tastes. “It was here,” noted Aldrich, “with the background trappings of a scholar, that he met Nixon and Kissinger in 1972.”Most subsequent leaders have preferred to keep a house outside the Zhongnanhai compound. However, the compound hasn’t always been so forbidden for the masses following the collapse of China’s imperial dynasty.

Persons: Jonathan Chatwin, “, Deng Xiaoping, Leung Chun, Xi Jinping, Simon Song, Xi Jinping’s, Ming, Geremie Barmé, Qianlong, Feng Li, ” Linda Jaivin, ”, Dowager Cixi, Zhongnanhai, Cixi, Dowager, M, Aldrich, Mao Zedong, ” Aldrich, China’s, Yuan Shikai, Yuan Shikai ‘, William Lewisohn, Xinhuamen, William Cooper, —, Qianlong Emperor, Yuan, Invincible Mao, — Mao, Kangxi, Mao, Zhou Enlai, Chen Yi, Zhang Wentian, Nikita Khrushchev, Khrushchev, Nixon, Kissinger, Hu Jintao, Jiang Zemin, Newscom Aldrich, Mao’s, Li Zhisui, Xi, Chicago's Walter, Hu Yaobang, Gong, “ Heck Organizations: CNN, Bell, Communist Party, CCP, White, Hong, China Morning, University of Bristol Library, Great Communist Party of China, ”, Shuangqing Villa, Alamy, State Council, China’s Politburo, Huairen, Chicago's Walter Payton College Preparatory, New York Times, Zhongnanhai, Bloomberg Locations: Modern China, Prospect, Tiananmen, Hong Kong, Zhongnanhai, City, China, Beijing, “, People’s Republic, New China, Arlington, Peking, Xinjiang, Russian, Beihai, Beijing’s, Huairen, Qinzheng Hall

☆ The Pentagon is 'not really' worried about China's new H-20 stealth bomber, defense official says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Ella Sherman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A US defense official downplayed the threat of China's new Xi'an H-20 bomber. AdvertisementChina's new bomber, the Xi'an H-20, is intended to rival America's new stealth bomber, but a US defense official told reporters on Monday it's "not really" a concern. A B-2 Spirit takes off for Red Flag-Nellis 24-1 training at Nellis Air Force Base on Jan. 16. A former US Air Force commander said previously that it wasn't "anything to lose a lot of sleep over." The Pentagon unveiled a new stealth bomber in 2022 that is currently in production and will eventually replace B-1 and B-2 fleets.

Persons: —, it's, William Lewis, It's, Wang Wei, David Swanson, Northrop Grumman Organizations: Service, Breaking Defense, Flag, Nellis, Nellis Air Force Base, US Air Force, Liberation Army Air Force, Hong, Hong Kong Commercial Daily, China Aviation Industry Corporation, Northrop, Air Force, United States Air, REUTERS, Pentagon Locations: Xi'an, Jan, China, Hong Kong, Palmdale , California, U.S

☆ The once-forgotten flying wing has taken over the US's bomber fleet
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Ben Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Originally designed before America's entry into the Second World War, the YB-49 flying wing was intended to be America's first intercontinental bomber. US Air ForceThe flying wingThe YB-49 was the final iteration of a flying wing bomber concept created by legendary aircraft designer Jack Northrop, founder of the Northrop Corporation. A larger test aircraft, the N-1M, was tested in July of 1940, proving the potential of the flying wing design. The problems with aerial instability could now be solved by computers utilizing fly-by-wire technology and differential thrust, and so a flying wing design was submitted. In order to maintain a powerful bomber force and to keep up with technological innovation, the Air Force launched the Long Range Strike Bomber program in 2011.

Persons: —, Northrop Grumman, Jack Northrop, Northrop, Dunne, elevons —, William Lewis, Defense Lloyd Austin Organizations: Service, US Air, US Air Force, Northrop Corporation, United States Army Air Forces, US Army Air Forces, Britain, USAAF, Air Force, Flag, Nellis, Nellis Air Force Base, Raider, Technology Bomber, Northrop, ATB, Defense Locations: Nazi, Europe, British, Jan, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya

CNN —The Washington Post’s incoming chief executive and publisher will start the job with a mess on his hands. Workforce tensionsThe Washington Post Guild, the union that represents staffers, has been negotiating with executives on a new contract for a year and a half, but it has yet to reach an agreement. Wages and staff reductions have remained a major sticking point between the two sides, causing dismay among union members with the newspaper’s management. The Post’s management has so far rejected the union’s wage demand and has yet to directly confirm whether remaining staffers’ positions are safe from cuts, the union said. On Thursday, departing staffers were sent an email from management encouraging them to buy official merchandise emblazoned with the Post’s logo.

Persons: William Lewis, Lewis, Sally Buzbee, Patty Stonesifer, Stonesifer, ”, “, Rupert Murdoch’s, Prince Harry, Hugh Grant, —, I’m, Lewis “ Organizations: CNN, Washington, Workforce, Post Guild, Washington Post, News Corp, The Daily Telegraph, Murdoch’s News Corp, Murdoch’s, Post, NPR

☆ Washington Post Names Former Dow Jones Chief William Lewis as CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Alexandra Bruell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

William Lewis will become the Washington Post’s CEO and publisher in January. Photo: andy rain/ShutterstockThe Washington Post named former Dow Jones Chief Executive William Lewis as its CEO and publisher, ending a monthslong search for a leader tasked with improving the D.C. news outlet’s flagging business. “The Washington Post is a premier global media publisher of record, known for its 145-year-old history of unflinching journalism, and I am thrilled and humbled to be at its helm as both a media executive and former reporter,” Lewis said in a statement Saturday. He will assume the role effective Jan. 2, 2024.

Persons: William Lewis, ” Lewis Organizations: Washington Post’s, Washington Post, Dow Jones Locations: Washington

The newspaper's banner logo is seen during the grand opening of the Washington Post newsroom in Washington January 28, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Amazon.com Inc FollowNov 4 (Reuters) - William Lewis, the former Dow Jones chief executive and publisher of The Wall Street Journal has been named chief executive and publisher of The Washington Post, the Post said on Saturday. The Washington Post said that it is projected to end the year taking a $100 million loss. Lewis is set to take on his duties from Jan. 2, 2024, replacing Patty Stonesifer, who became interim chief executive in June. Stonesifer had replaced Fred Ryan, who stepped down in August after a nine-year stint as publisher and CEO.

Persons: Gary Cameron, William Lewis, Dow Jones, Lewis, Jan, Patty Stonesifer, Jeff Bezos, Stonesifer, Fred Ryan, Ryan, Gursimran Kaur, Helen Coster, Daniel Wallis, Michael Perry Organizations: Washington Post, REUTERS, Dow, The Washington Post, Reuters, Post, Thomson Locations: Washington, Bengaluru, New York

☆ William Lewis is named publisher of the Washington Post
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Luciana Lopez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —The Washington Post on Saturday named news media veteran William Lewis as its new publisher and CEO at a critical time for newspaper, as it contends with financial trouble, a rapidly shifting media environment and a looming presidential election. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post in 2013, and the paper’s traffic surged in the years immediately after, particularly after former President Donald Trump took office. As with much of the news industry, the Washington Post has faced a reckoning as Americans’ reading habits have shifted in recent years. Previous publisher and chief executive Fred Ryan announced in June that he was stepping down after nearly a decade heading up the Washington Post. “Ten years ago, I made a commitment to the future of The Washington Post, inspired by its ambitious and consequential journalism,” said Bezos in a statement.

Persons: William Lewis, Lewis, ” Lewis, Dow Jones, Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump, Patty Stonesifer, Fred Ryan, Stonesifer, ”, Will, ” CNN’s Oliver Darcy Organizations: New, New York CNN, Washington Post, Wall Street, Amazon, Interim, The Washington Post Locations: New York

☆ Inside the clash between Amazon and Shopify over Buy with Prime
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Amazon and Shopify announced a new Buy with Prime app for Shopify on Wednesday. Buy with Prime let merchants offer Prime benefits, such as fast shipping and free delivery, on websites beyond Amazon.com. Amazon had no choice but to let Shopify merchants view Buy with Prime-related metrics on its own backend console, not within the unified Shopify Admin tool, according to the internal Amazon document from April. If Buy with Prime data wasn't smoothly integrated into Shopify Admin, Shopify merchants might not use the Amazon feature much. Constant delaysThe internal Amazon document described a Shopify-native Buy with Prime app as a "flagship" goal for Amazon's top leadership because it would make Buy with Prime more appealing to Shopify merchants.

Persons: Shopify, Santos Jeff Bezos Kevin Mazur, Jeff Bezos, Tobi Lütke David Fitzgerald, Sportsfile, Harley Finkelstein, Finkelstein, Mark William Lewis, Andy Jassy, they've Organizations: Amazon, Amazon.com, Prime, Project Santos, Getty, Amazon Logistics, Netalico Commerce, Web, Associated

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