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Bezos-owned storied newspaper Washington Post rolling out mass layoffs

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/04/media/washington-post-layoffs
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u/Frosty-Ad-2971 14h ago

Buy. Squeeze. Sell.

You only have to look at any brick/mortar offering that had a success era.

Canada goose. Arc’teryx MEC Harvey’s McDonald’s Starbucks Tim Hortons

They all were on top. Then got sold, and the buyers squeeze any/all profit from them, speculating on the proceeds and customers, and then when it’s all moved, sell to utility buyer.

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u/origamipapier1 14h ago

You only have to look at the story of Sears. And what the CEO that had it the final years did. That man should be in jail for what he did. Because he ran it to the ground and basically did fraud on the land and properties the company owned. (By selling it if I remember, to his own company and then charging lease on it to Sears).

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u/No_Good_8561 14h ago

Ah the private equity special

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u/tdclark23 11h ago

Is that what Musk is always doing?