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

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)