The post went viral, and Medium soon found itself in the middle of a major news story.
In a statement, a Medium spokeswoman said the site hadn’t known that Mr. Bezos was going to publish the post.
“We do not actively monitor the specific, nonpublic details and actions of these (or any) accounts out of respect to and adherence to their individual privacies,” the spokeswoman, Sandee Roston, said in an emailed statement.
The opportunity to publish for a nonbranded platform has made Medium, which was founded by Ev Williams in 2012, an appealing destination for a number of marquee media figures and chief executives.
Katie Couric has used Medium to promote interviews and philanthropic partnerships. Joanna Coles, the former chief content officer of Hearst Magazines, used the platform to write about her experience as a working mother.
In 2015, Jay Carney, the senior vice president of global corporate affairs for Amazon, disputed an article in The New York Times about Amazon’s work culture in a post on Medium. Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The Times, responded on the platform, defending The Times’s reporting.
Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/business/media/jeff-bezos-medium.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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