Eleanor Hall reported this story on Tuesday, August 6, 2013 12:50:00
Now to the shock sale in Washington of one of the world's most famous newspapers, to the founder of Amazon.
The Washington Post, which broke the Watergate scandal in the 1970s and which just weeks ago revealed the extent of National Security Surveillance in the US, has just been bought by internet entrepreneur, Jeff Bezos, for $250 million.
The Graham family, which owned and ran the newspaper for four generations said a publicly listed company driven by profit was no longer the right place for a newspaper.
So what is the future for the Washington Post? (Eleanor, 2013)
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- Now to the shock sale
- in Washington of one of the world's most famous newspapers,
- to the founder of Amazon.
- The Washington Post,
- which broke the Watergate scandal in the 1970s and
- which just weeks ago revealed the extent of National Security Surveillance in the US,
- has just been bought by internet entrepreneur,
- Jeff Bezos, for $250 million.
- The Graham family,
- which owned and ran the newspaper for four generations
- said
- a publicly listed company driven by profit
- was no longer the right place for a newspaper.
- So what is the future for the Washington Post?
Word vocabulary - English
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entrepreneur/ˌɒntɹəpɹəˈnɜː/ (US)
1. A person who organizes and operates a business venture and assumes much of the associated risk.
2. A person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur.
1. A person who organizes and operates a business venture and assumes much of the associated risk.
2. A person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur.
extent
A range of values or locations.
The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends.
The extent of his knowledge of the language is a few scattered words.
computing A contiguous area of storage in a file system.
A range of values or locations.
The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends.
The extent of his knowledge of the language is a few scattered words.
computing A contiguous area of storage in a file system.
surveillance
Close observation of an individual or group, especially one under suspicion.
Continuous monitoring of disease occurrence for example.
military, espionage Systematic observation of places and people by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means.
law In criminal law, an investigation process by which police gather evidence about crimes, or suspected crime, through continued observation of persons or places.
Close observation of an individual or group, especially one under suspicion.
Continuous monitoring of disease occurrence for example.
military, espionage Systematic observation of places and people by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means.
law In criminal law, an investigation process by which police gather evidence about crimes, or suspected crime, through continued observation of persons or places.
generation/ˌʤɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/-eɪʃənListen
The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.
Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc.
That which is generated or brought forth; progeny; offspring.
A period of around thirty years, the average amount of time before a child takes the place of its parents.
A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy, or collectively the body of people who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one time.
Race; kind; family; breed; stock.
biology The aggregate of the functions and phenomena which attend reproduction.
The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.
Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc.
That which is generated or brought forth; progeny; offspring.
A period of around thirty years, the average amount of time before a child takes the place of its parents.
A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy, or collectively the body of people who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one time.
Race; kind; family; breed; stock.
biology The aggregate of the functions and phenomena which attend reproduction.
publicly/ˈpʌblɪkli/
In public, openly, in an open and public manner.
In public, openly, in an open and public manner.
Word vocabulary - Japanese
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entrepreneur
ɑ̀ːntrəprənə́ː[r]
【名-1】企業家、起業家
【名-2】請負人
【名-3】興行主
【名-4】仲介者◆【語源】フランス語より
【変化】《複》entrepreneurs、【分節】en・tre・pre・neur
ɑ̀ːntrəprənə́ː[r]
【名-1】企業家、起業家
【名-2】請負人
【名-3】興行主
【名-4】仲介者◆【語源】フランス語より
【変化】《複》entrepreneurs、【分節】en・tre・pre・neur
extent
ikstént
【名-1】広さ、物の広がり
【名-2】範囲、程度、限界、限度
【＠】イクステント、エクステント、【分節】ex・tent
ikstént
【名-1】広さ、物の広がり
【名-2】範囲、程度、限界、限度
【＠】イクステント、エクステント、【分節】ex・tent
surveillance
səː[r]véiləns
【名】監視、監督、見張り、偵察、張り込み、調査、査察、観察◆【語源】super(over)＋videre(see)＝見渡す
【＠】サーベイランス、【分節】sur・veil・lance
səː[r]véiləns
【名】監視、監督、見張り、偵察、張り込み、調査、査察、観察◆【語源】super(over)＋videre(see)＝見渡す
【＠】サーベイランス、【分節】sur・veil・lance
generation
dʒènəréiʃn
【名-1】同時代の人々、世代（の人々）
【名-2】1世代
【名-3】産出、発生、生成、創出
【＠】ジェネレイション、ジュネレイション、【変化】《複》generations、【分節】gen・er・a・tion
dʒènəréiʃn
【名-1】同時代の人々、世代（の人々）
【名-2】1世代
【名-3】産出、発生、生成、創出
【＠】ジェネレイション、ジュネレイション、【変化】《複》generations、【分節】gen・er・a・tion
publicly
【副】人前で、公的に、公に、公然と、おおっぴらに、世間に
【分節】pub・lic・ly
【副】人前で、公的に、公に、公然と、おおっぴらに、世間に
【分節】pub・lic・ly
Reference
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Eleanor, H. (2013). Sold to an internet entrepreneur... what is the future for the Washington Post?. Available: http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2013/s3819081.htm Last accessed 7th Aug 2013.
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