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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (89530)	1/3/2000 3:44:00 PM
From: H James Morris	Respond to of 164684

William, two off your Hero's together. You should not miss this. > ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 2000--In a wide-ranging interview with Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner, Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN) and Time Magazine's "Person of the Year," stated that his company was not currently focused on short-term profitability. Discussing Amazon.com's successful holiday season, the competitive retail landscape, and his company's plans for the future, Bezos shared his thoughts on the January 1 edition of The Motley Fool Radio Show, a weekly program heard on more than 120 stations around the United States. The entire interview can be heard online at fool.com. Talking with David Gardner, co-founder of The Motley Fool Inc. and the show's co-host, Bezos said about Amazon.com's profitability: "No company cares more about long-term profitability and return on invested capital than Amazon.com, but we do think it would be the wrong time to focus on short-term profitability because there are so many new opportunities that demand to be invested in." The Motley Fool Radio Show is one of the fastest-growing radio shows in the country. After less than a year of national syndication the show has cracked the top ten on Talkers Magazine's list of the top talk radio audiences by size, joining the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Howard Stern, and Don Imus. Currently, more than 1.6 million listeners nationwide tune into the show. 1999 guests included: Donald Trump, Chairman of Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts (NYSE:DJT) Richard Branson, Founder of The Virgin Group Tim Koogle, CEO of Yahoo (Nasdaq:YHOO) George Bell, President of Excite/@Home (Nasdaq:ATHM) Tom Meredith, CFO of Dell Computer (Nasdaq:DELL) John Bogle, Founder of The Vanguard Group The Motley Fool's mission is to educate, amuse, and enrich individual investors around the world. Having started with 60 readers its first day in August 1994, the Fool now reaches millions of investors each month by providing financial information and strategies in different mediums: on its Web site at fool.com; via its five Simon & Schuster books, all New York Times bestsellers; through its line of self-published books; through its weekly syndicated column currently appearing in more than 155 newspapers around the country; via "The Motley Fool Radio Show," a joint venture with Cox Radio heard on more than 120 stations nationwide every weekend; through regular commentary on Marketplace Radio; and on America Online (keyword: Fool). The Fool's first international site, Motley Fool UK, can be found at fool.co.uk and on America Online (keyword: FoolUK). CONTACT: The Motley Fool Chris Hill, 703/706-0456