Amazon's 'Everything War' with Dana Mattioli

Masters in Business

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Business, Investing

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Barry Ritholtz speaks with Dana Mattioli, an investigative reporter covering Amazon for the Wall Street Journal. Since starting at the Journal in 2006 Dana has produced a string of front-page articles on everything from the troubles at Kodak and J.C. Penney to Pfizer's $150 billion deal to buy Allergan. She was a recipient of the 2021 Gerald Loeb Award for Beat Reporting as well as the 2021 WERT Prize from the Women’s Economic Round Table. Additionally, she was part of a 2016 Gerald Loeb Award team win in the breaking news category and a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2020 for her team's investigation into Amazon. She is the author of the book "The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power." On this episode, Barry and Dana discuss her path into journalism, the current era of antitrust enforcement, and Amazon's growth into the powerhouse it is today.

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1:04.9	This week on the podcast, I have another extra special guest.
1:09.7	Dana Manioli is the Amazon reporter for the Wall Street Journal.
1:14.1	In addition to covering Amazon, she is an award-winning reporter who has deep roots in both M&A and retail. Her new book is really quite fascinating.
1:21.6	The Everything War, Amazon's Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power, just came out a few
1:26.7	months ago. I thought this
1:28.4	was a really interesting book. I read a lot of stuff for interviews, and this is a book that
1:35.0	I would have just plowed through regardless. It was really fascinating. And, you know, a lot of the
1:42.2	things you expect about Amazon, you think about, you know, how they flex their corporate muscles, you have like a loose idea. Hey, they really seem to be the 800 pound gorilla. I had no idea. You know, as I'm reading the book, I'm just genuinely shocked. And by the way, it's deeply investigating and researched.
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