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Amazon Reveals New Kindles in NFL Commercial (Video)

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

Amazon confirms leaks about a backlit e-reader and different sized Kindles with a commercial it aired a day before its secretive press conference in Santa Monica

  

Flixster Relaunches as a Tool for Movie Discovery

Movies
 September 4, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 37 weeks ago

Flixster aims to be like travel service Kayak, except for movies -- and hopes to boost Ultraviolet

  

Amazon to Stream Movies From Epix

Movies
 September 4, 2012 By Brent Lang 37 weeks ago

Deal helps end EPIX's exclusive pact with Netflix

  

Now There's This: Amazon's New Kindle May Have 'Paperwhite' Backlit Screen

Media
 August 31, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 38 weeks ago

Amazon is expected to announce a backlit e-reader at its secretive press conference in Santa Monica next Wednesday

  

Amazon's Kindle Fire Sells Out Days Before Big Press Conference

Media
 August 30, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 38 weeks ago

Amazon is expected to unveil a new version of the Kindle Fire -- or perhaps a phone or gaming console -- at its press conference in Santa Monica next Wednesday

  

Best Buy Founder Richard Schulze Offers to Buy Out Ailing Company

Media
 August 6, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 41 weeks ago

Schulze has offered to pay up to $8.8 billion to buy back his company

  

Amazon Unveils Free Instant-Video App for iPad

Media
 August 1, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 42 weeks ago

New app will give iPad users access to more than 120,000 titles

  

Miramax Signs Streaming Deal with Amazon Subsidiary LoveFilm

Movies
 July 31, 2012 By Brent Lang 42 weeks ago

Pact involved streaming rights in the U.K. and Germany

  

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Donates $2.5M to Washington Gay Marriage Advocates (Report)

Media
 July 27, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 42 weeks ago

It is believed to be the largest single donation ever to a marriage-equality group 

  

Amazon Revenue Rises but Income Tumbles in 2Q

Media
 July 26, 2012 By Reuters 43 weeks ago

Amazon's second-quarter net income was $7 million, or one cent per share, versus $191 million, or 41 cents a share, a year earlier

  

IMDB/Amazon 'Jane Doe' Case: Judge Dismisses Fraud Claims, Denies Deadline Extension

Television
 July 3, 2012 By Tim Kenneally & Pamela Chelin 46 weeks ago

Judge rules that actress suing over IMDB revealing her age has insufficient evidence of fraud, and that the deadline crunch she's feeling in the case is probably her own fault

  

Amazon Readying New iPad-Sized Kindle Fire Tablet

Media
 June 28, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 47 weeks ago

Two new Kindle Fire models -- one 7-inches, one 10-inches -- are slated for release in the coming months

  

'Silence of the Lambs,' 'Birdcage' Coming to Amazon in Deal With MGM

Movies
 June 13, 2012 By Brent Lang 49 weeks ago

"Dances with Wolves" and "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" also among the new titles being offered on Prime

  

Joe Eszterhas Pens a Mel Gibson Tell-All eBook: ‘Heaven and Mel’ (Updated)

Media
 June 1, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 51 weeks ago

Amazon is putting out the short book by Joe Eszterhas about Mel Gibson on June 6

  

IMDB-'Jane Doe' Case: Amazon and IMDB Move to Dismiss

Television
 May 10, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

IMDB and Amazon claim that actress whose name was revealed hasn't offered adequate evidence of fraud

  

Netflix, Yahoo Take Note: Amazon to Develop Original Comedy, Children's Series

Media
 May 2, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Amazon will develop comedy and children's shows under the Amazon Studios banner, soliciting content creators to upload projects to its website starting Wednesday

  

Amazon Stock Soars as Earnings Beat the Street

Media
 April 26, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Amazon's revenue tops $13 billion and CEO Jeff Bezos boasts of the Kindle Store

  

Why Publishers Only Have Themselves to Blame for Justice Dept. Mess

Media | Magazines
 April 23, 2012 By Michael Stroud 1 year ago

Guest Blog: Apple and Amazon have simply taken advantage of a situation in which publishers have completely dropped the ball

  

Apple Fights Back on E-Book Pricing: We Broke Amazon's Monopoly

Media
 April 13, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Apple is fighting back against the Justice Department's claims

  

Amazon, Discovery Communications Sign Streaming Pact

Media
 March 14, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Licensing agreement gives Amazon Prime customers access to shows like Discovery's "Dirty Jobs" and "Whale Wars"

  

Magazine Publishers Going After Shoppers With E-Commerce Deals

Media
 February 23, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Android phones and iPads are the new malls, so the line between publisher and retailer is blurring

  

'Jersey Shore,' 'Dora the Explorer' Join Amazon Streaming in New Viacom Deal

Media
 February 8, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Viacom joins CBS, Fox and others on Amazon Instant Video, a surging challenge to Netflix

  

Consumers Like Cloud Technology -- Just Don't Ask Them to Pay

Media
 February 6, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

People are interested in services like UltraViolet and iCloud, but they are still confused about the benefits of digital rights lockers

  

Amazon Profit Plunges Again in 4Q -- Stock Takes a Hit

Media
 January 31, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 1 year ago

The after-hours share losses erase recent Kindle-fueled increase in market value. Revenue rises 34% to $17.4 billion

  

Amazon Ponders New Challenge to Netflix in Streaming Market (Report)

Media
 January 25, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

CEO Jeff Bezos may spin off its Amazon Instant Video as a separate service

  

Jon Stewart Skewers Foxconn, Builder for iPad, Kindle, and XBox (Video)

Television
 January 17, 2012 By Tim Molloy 1 year ago

American factories will have to be more like China's if we want to -- whoa. Thirty-five hours workdays?

  
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