American Media has launched an investigation into extortion claims made by Jeff Bezos after the billionaire entrepreneur published exchanges between his team and the media company in a revealing Medium post. In a statement responding to the allegations, American Media said it “believes fervently that it acted lawfully in the reporting of the story of Mr Bezos” but “nonetheless, in light of the nature of the allegations published by Mr Bezos, the board has convened and determined that it should promptly and thoroughly investigate the claims”. “Upon completion of that investigation, the board will take whatever appropriate action is necessary,” the statement continued.
