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Content Costs and Revenue Are Rising for Digital Players (Analysis)

Media | Movies
 April 25, 2013 By Diane Garrett 4 weeks ago

Analysis: Investments in content are eating into profit as digital heavyweights like Netflix position themselves for the future

  

Amazon Viewer's Choice Pilot Season Kicks Off: 'Zombieland' Series,' 'Onion News Empire'

Television
 April 19, 2013 By Greg Gilman 5 weeks ago

Audience ratings and reviews will determine which of Amazon's 14 pilots are ordered to series

  

Amazon Debuts 'Zombieland: The Series' Trailer, Handing Its Destiny to Viewers (Video)

Television
 April 17, 2013 By Jethro Nededog 5 weeks ago

Breaking with traditional methods, customers will determine which projects will move on to full season pickups

  

Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Invests in Business Insider

Media
 April 5, 2013 By Brent Lang 7 weeks ago

...or how Henry Blodget's week keeps getting more awesome

  

Amazon Reaches Deal to Acquire Book Recommendation Site Goodreads

Media
 March 28, 2013 By Greg Gilman 8 weeks ago

The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2013

  

IMDb 'Jane Doe' Plaintiff Suffers Setbacks as Case Moves Toward Trial

Media
 March 19, 2013 By Tim Kenneally 9 weeks ago

Judge grants multiple motions for summary judgment in IMDb and Amazon's favor

  

Amazon Shake-Up: Anthony Bay Out as Head of Video Division (Exclusive)

Media | Movies
 February 18, 2013 By Brent Lang 13 weeks ago

Jim Buckle leaves LoveFilm, Amazon's European-based streaming service

  

'Under the Dome' to Stream on Amazon Days After CBS Airing

Television
 February 11, 2013 By Tim Molloy 14 weeks ago

Stephen King summer series examines small town trapped under a dome

  

Amazon Orders 5 Children's Shows to Pilot

Television
 January 31, 2013 By Greg Gilman 16 weeks ago

"Creative Galaxy," "Oz Adventures," "Teeny Tiny Dogs," "Tumbleaf" and an untitled J.J. Johnson project will join six other comedy pilots on Amazon Instant Video 

  

Amazon Shares Hit Record After Surprising Q4 Earnings Results

Media
 January 29, 2013 By Reuters 16 weeks ago

Amazon shares climb 11 percent to a record $288 in after-hours trading

  

Judge Orders Apple, Amazon to Settle Over 'App Store' Name (Updated)

Media
 January 16, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 18 weeks ago

Apple sued Amazon for calling its online software store an "Appstore"

  

A+E Networks and Amazon Prime Reach Licensing Deal

Television
 January 4, 2013 By Tim Kenneally 20 weeks ago

New agreement comes a few months after "Pawn Stars," "Hoarders" and other A+E shows were dropped by rival streaming service Netflix

  

Apple, Beware: Amazon's Appstore Downloads Increased 500% in 2012

Media
 December 7, 2012 By Greg Gilman 24 weeks ago

The surge is largely credited to the popularity of the Kindle Fire, as well as the amount of tools and features Amazon has made available to app developers

  

IMDb 'Jane Doe' Case: Actress Lied About Her Age, Used Fake Passport, Court Papers Claim

Television
 November 30, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 25 weeks ago

IMDB and Amazon move to dismiss suit brought by actress who sued because her real age was revealed

  

TW's Jeff Bewkes: Streaming Is Stabilizing Home-Entertainment Revenues

Media
 November 7, 2012 By Brent Lang 28 weeks ago

Jeff Bewkes predicts that more studios will experiment with early digital releases

  

Amazon Shares Fall 10% on Q3 Loss of $0.60 a Share

Media
 October 25, 2012 By Reuters 30 weeks ago

Amazon reports weak Q3 results as the world's largest Internet retailer spent heavily and suffered from an economic slowdown in Europe.

 

  

Will Netflix, YouTube, Hulu Content Create a 'Second Revolution' in Television?

Media
 October 23, 2012 By Brent Lang & Lucas Shaw 30 weeks ago

Streaming companies are moving full-bore into original content as studios raise the rent on their programming

  

Netflix Ranks Among Simplest Brands, Despite Price Hike and Customer Anger

Media
 October 23, 2012 By Brent Lang 30 weeks ago

Google and Amazon among the other media and techology companies deemed simplest to use by U.S. consumers

  

Best Buy to Release Tablet to Compete With Amazon, Apple

Media
 October 16, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 31 weeks ago

Best Buy is looking to turn around its ailing business by releasing a competitor to the iPad and Google Nexus 7

  

Walmart Attempts to One-Up Amazon in Instant Gratification With Same-Day Delivery

Media
 October 11, 2012 By Brent Lang 32 weeks ago

Walmart's same-day delivery will require a $10 surchage but no minimum purchase

  

Chris Sacca and Jeff Jordan Talk Smart Venture Capitalism at TheGrill (Video)

Media
 October 1, 2012 By Wrap Staff 33 weeks ago

Sacca, founder of Lowercase Capital, and Jordan, a director of Pinterest and OpenTable talk about why it's a great time to be a content producer

  

Barnes & Noble to Venture Into Streaming Market With Nook Video This Fall

Media
 September 25, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 34 weeks ago

A free app will be available for Nook users to download and stream videos from the Nook Cloud

  

Walmart Drops Kindle, Amazon Inventory

Media
 September 20, 2012 By Danielle Paquette 35 weeks ago

The retail giant halted most of its Amazon sales

  

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Goes After Amazon Sellers With Copyright Suits

Television
 September 18, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 35 weeks ago

"Harry Potter" films, "Nip/Tuck" among Warner Bros. Home Entertainment titles being sold in counterfeit form on Amazon

  

Toronto Deals: Amazon Tests Movie Waters With 'Blackburn Burrow' Release

Movies
 September 12, 2012 By Liza Foreman 36 weeks ago

Amazon Studios is turning the supernatural horror tale “Blackburn Burrow” into a digital comic ahead of a planned movie 

 
  

Amazon to Ship New 'Paperwhite' Kindles Oct. 1

Media
 September 6, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 37 weeks ago

Jeff Bezos, Amazon's CEO, announced Thursday they would ship new "Paperwhite" Kindles Oct. 1 and unveiled the Kindle Fire HD in two sizes

  
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