Sources (and people who want to “leak”) go to a publication with the most impact; opinion makers<br />and influencers seek the publication with the most sources and scoops — hence the “network effect” so coveted in technology circles, and one well understood by Mr. Bezos.<br />We’re at the point where the public realizes that and is willing to step up and support that work by buying subscriptions.”<br />He said digital subscriptions had soared this week in the wake of the latest Russia revelations, as they have with other scoops.<br />“That and only that are what people are willing to pay for.”<br />“They’re showing that a digital strategy is viable,” he said.<br />This year, he added, “we’ll have our third straight year of double-digit revenue growth.”<br />“I’m very, very surprised by those numbers,” he said.<br />David Fahrenthold won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting this year for his series debunking President Trump’s claims to charitable contributions<br />and for the biggest bombshell of the presidential campaign: the revelation of the “Access Hollywood” recording in which Mr. Trump boasted of groping women.<br />“The most fundamental thing Jeff did was to change our strategy entirely,” Mr. Baron said.<br />Monday’s sensational headline — “Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian<br />diplomats in their Oval Office meeting last week” — was beyond interesting.<br />“The only future for newspapers is at the high end of quality journalism,” he said.<br />When I asked Mr. Baron to name one thing that has driven the turnaround, his immediate answer was Mr. Bezos — and not because of his vast fortune.
