Bezos Blackmail Jeff Bezos published emails that he says show the National Enquirer—whose boss, David Pecker, is a longstanding Trump ally—trying to blackmail him over salacious photos of the Amazon CEO and his girlfriend, Lauren Sanchez. He also published details of the embarrassing items. Fortune
Leon Cooperman Is an Enquirer Investor, But He’s Also a Bezos Fan (Bloomberg) Billionaire hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman has a stake in the publisher of the National Enquirer, but he’s not taking sides in the tabloid’s battle with the “fabulous” Jeff Bezos. The Amazon.com Inc. founder levied an explosive allegation against Enquirer owner American Media Inc. on Thursday, writing in a blog post that the company threatened to publish salacious photos of Bezos unless he called off an investigation into whether an expose in the Enquirer about his extramarital affair was politically motivated. Asked to comment, Cooperman begged off — offering warm words for Bezos in a coda.