Amazon's Bezos says National Enquirer tried to blackmail him over 'intimate photos'

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos posted a blog on Thursday saying the National Enquirer’s parent company American Media threatened to blackmail him with the threat of publishing “intimate photos.”

Bezos said he declined to make a false public statement at American Media’s direction.

Reporting by Nandita Bose in Washington DC; Editing by Bill Rigby

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