Two years after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos acquired 'The Washington Post,' the tech billionaire is integrating the iconic newspaper with his e-commerce platform's Prime service, making it widely available to millions of Amazon Prime customers at a discounted rate.

Poynter.org reports that Tribune is looking to trim expenses by $10 million by cutting up to 80 positions from the LAT newsroom, representing around 16% of the total 500 editorial staff.

Having thoroughly disrupted the taxi business, Uber is now moving into... print media? Yes, you read that correctly. Uber is testing a new in-car magazine, titled Arriving Now, in New York City -- and may decide to bring it to other markets if it's successful there.

Austin Beutner still has plenty of friends in high places in the political and business worlds of Southern California. And his network rumbled into action to protest Tribune Publishing's abrupt firing of the former investment banker as publisher of the Los Angeles Time earlier this week.

Mashable helped fan the flames of Apple tech obsession by turning over its Snapchat Discover page entirely to live coverage of the event, along with pre- and post-show previews and recaps -- apparently the first publisher to use its Discover page this way.

Austin Beutner, until Monday the publisher of the Los Angeles Times, posted on Facebook that he had been fired. No euphemisms, no catchphrases. It is refreshing when someone just waves the dirty laundry out in public for everyone to see.

Tribune Publishing has handed a pink slip to Austin Beutner, who has been fired as publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune. Beutner, a former LA deputy mayor, lasted a little over a year in his latest position.

Most consumers don't understand the business models which support their favorite publications. Specifically, the role played by advertising, now threatened by the growing use of ad blockers.

While newspapers often come under fire for publishing shocking images, especially where mortality is involved, the one about dead children in Turkey is one case where it is accepted without comment. Even the most squeamish readers must realize that they are supposed to be upset; that is the whole point.

After spending several years in the wilderness following the phone hacking scandal at the now-defunct News of the World, Rebekah Brooks is back on board at News UK, the British division of News Corp., formerly known as News International.