About a year ago, Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos purchased the Washington Post, a national newspaper. Since that purchase, we haven't seen any indication of Bezos crossing his newly owned newspaper publication and Amazon, but it looks like that might be changing in the near future.
Several employees of the Washington Post have been working on a new application for digital distribution or curated content, and it looks like the app is going to make its debut on Amazon's Kindle Fire tablets later this year. The app will offer photos and news stories to readers in a tablet-friendly format, probably similar to something like Flipboard. It sounds like Amazon is looking at making this exclusively a tablet app, though, so don't expect a version for the Fire Phone or anything else when it first launches.
The app is expected to be free at first, but when Amazon inevitably rolls it out to other Android and iOS tablets, it's likely to carry a subscription fee. I'd say there's a pretty good chance we could see it rolled up into Amazon Prime, too.
Amazon has been hard at work trying to make an all-inclusive ecosystem with its devices and services. They offer their own app store, video and music streaming services, and even grocery delivery in certain parts of the country, so adding a newspaper subscription on top of that isn't too far out there for the company. With tons of free options for news and information, though, Amazon has a tough road towards making a newspaper relevant against digital competitors.
source: Business Week
