The newspaper's billionaire owner announced the opinion section will now focus on “personal liberties and free markets.”

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos dined with President Trump hours after overhauling the Washington Post’s opinion section — in the tech billionaire’s latest action to cozy up to the nation’s new chief executive.

In February 2017, for the first time in its long history, the Washington Post adopted an official slogan: “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” The motto was a little bit much. Pompous and self-important, it sounded as if the newspaper was really trying to say Without the Washington Post,

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos on Wednesday announced a “significant shift” to the publisher’s opinion page that led David Shipley, the paper’s editorial page editor, to leave the paper.

ISTANBUL (AA) - Both current and former staff members of The Washington Post are pushing back against owner Jeff Bezos after he announced a major shift in the paper’s editorial stance. In the new direction under Amazon.com owner Bezos, the Opinion section will primarily focus on “personal liberties” and “free markets.”

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos's changes to the opinion pages have led subscribers to cancel in droves. It's the third wave of mass cancellations at the Post in just a few months.

President Trump said in an interview with The Spectator that he had dinner Wednesday night with Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos. Why it matters: The dinner between Trump and Bezos happened the night Bezos announced changes to the Washington Post opinion section.