Pressure on Post to cover Amazon-Hachette

The Washington Post is drawing attention from media critics who question whether the paper's new owner Jeff Bezos is influencing coverage of his company Amazon.

Nearly one week after The New York Times reported on a bitter dispute between Amazon and the book publisher Hachette, the Post has yet to cover the story. Amazon has been discouraging customers from buying Hachette books by delaying deliveries, according to the report.

The absence of any Amazon-Hachette mention in the Post has been flagged by media critics Jack Shafer and Jim Romenesko, and criticized by the publisher Melville House. Post executive editor Martin Baron assured POLITICO that the lack of coverage was simply a matter of resources and editorial judgment.