{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61926927b481c700126c2eb2/664685014aa6f10012bc98d8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Amazon Octopus","description":"<p>When Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994, it was an online bookshop. Now its tentacles are everywhere: it's a marketplace for third party goods from around the world, a huge cloud computing business and America's largest parcel delivery group. But is this a good thing or a bad one? We talk to Dana Mattioli of the Wall Street Journal about whether Amazon is the consumer''s friend or a monopolist to rank with Rockefeller's Standard Oil.</p><p><br></p><p>Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.</p><p>With Dana Mattioli.</p><p>Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podcast.</p><p>In association with Briefcase.News</p>","author_name":"Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins"}