Key Points
Jeff Bezos had purchased the Post for $250 million in 2013, less than a year after Baron had taken over..
Bezos, who arrived at media ownership after founding Amazon and remaking online shopping, wanted his top editor to transform the newspaper from a regional news organization into a truly global one...
Bezos' purchase of The Washington Post ended decades of ownership by the Graham family - which had steered the paper through its legendary coverage of Watergate and the Pentagon Papers - and signified a new era of expansion under one of the world's most famous entrepreneurs..
But after an initial surge of interest that lasted several years, and following his decision to step down as Amazon's CEO, Bezos receded somewhat at the Post, according to two people familiar with his interactions with the newsroom...
Bezos appointed Stonesifer, a friend who has served on the board of Amazon for more than two decades, to run the Post in Ryan's absence and to serve as an interim CEO while the search for a permanent one was underway...
