National Enquirer

====Jeff Bezos====
{{Seealso|Jeff Bezos phone hacking}}
In February 2019, [[Jeff Bezos]] alleged that the ''National Enquirer'' had threatened to publish private messages and photographs belonging to Bezos and his girlfriend, [[Lauren Sánchez]], if Bezos did not stop ''[[The Washington Post]]'', which he owns, from pursuing journalistic inquiries into how the publication obtained those messages and photographs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/jeff-bezos-accuses-national-enquirer-owner-extortion-blackmail-n969136|title=Jeff Bezos accuses ''National Enquirer'' owner of 'extortion and blackmail'|website=NBC News|access-date=February 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/technology/jeff-bezos-national-enquirer-blackmail.html|title=Jeff Bezos Accuses ''National Enquirer'' of 'Extortion and Blackmail'|first=Karen|last=Weise|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/jeff-bezos-national-enquirer-photos-ami-s-alleged-extortion-explained-ncna969876|title=Opinion - AMI played with fire when it threatened Jeff Bezos. Now its getting burned.|website=NBC News}}</ref> Bezos also said that in 2018, the year in which [[Saudi Arabia]]n officials reportedly murdered ''Washington Post'' reporter [[Jamal Khashoggi]], the ''National Enquirer'' had published a glossy magazine, ''The New Kingdom'', promoting Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2019/02/09/national-enquirer-saudi-crown-prince-khashoggi-bezos-marquardt-pkg-nr-vpx.cnn |title=Bezos claims AMI had reason to promote Saudi Arabia |website=cnn.com|date=February 9, 2019 }}</ref>