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Amazon 1 Billion MP3 Giveaway Offer; Under Pressure, Labels Warm To DRM-free Format - 3 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 30 Nov 2007 10:19 AM PST

If others can do a million, we can do a billion: Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is giving away 1 billion free MP3 songs, as part of a Pepsi promotion that’s set…

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos on Charlie Rose, Explaning The Kindle - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 20 Nov 2007 06:14 PM PST

His laugh is what gets me everytime, the 10-years notwithstanding. Here’s how a FastCompany story from 2001 described it: “His laugh, which has been described as sounding like ‘a jackass…

First Look: Amazon’s Kindle Reader: The Gap Between Description and The Device - 10 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 19 Nov 2007 12:30 PM PST

After today’s festivities concluded, I eventually got a chance to sit down and play with Amazon’s (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle. The first thing to note is that the screen isn’t like…

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@ Kindle Launch: Understanding the Business Model; Still Some Unanswered Questions - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 19 Nov 2007 09:37 AM PST

Following the Jeff-note (doesn’t quite have the same ring does it?), Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) offered up a few company representatives to answer questions for the detail-hungry audience. One of the…

@ Kindle Launch: Amazon’s Book Reader Unveiled - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 19 Nov 2007 07:24 AM PST

There’s a packed house on hand here at the W Union Square hotel in NYC for the official unveiling of Amazon’s (NSDQ: AMZN) much-hyped, oft-delayed e-book reader dubbed Kindle. Most…

Amazon.com’s Kindle Book Reader: The Details And The Devil - 19 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 18 Nov 2007 12:50 PM PST

So it is a bit ridiculous that Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN) has been trying to keep us from disclosing the details on its Kindle e-book device, while giving Newsweek a cover…

Amazon.com Finally To Launch Reader Next Week: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 15 Nov 2007 04:42 PM PST

So says report in News.com, saying it will be launched on Monday in NYC. We have written about it before, here. News.com says that “Kindle” is equipped with a Wi-Fi…

Hiring Trends For Large-Cap Internet Companies - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 06 Nov 2007 02:06 PM PST

The four large-cap Internet companies-- Google, (NSDQ: GOOG) Yahoo, (NSDQ: YHOO) eBay, (NSDQ: EBAY) and Amazon--collectively added more than 5,600 net new employees in Q3, and Lehman analyst Doug Anmuth’s…

Earnings: Amazon Q3 Sales Jump 41 Percent; Income Soars - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 23 Oct 2007 01:06 PM PST

The market was expecting big things from Amazon, and the company has delivered. Revenues in Q3 surged 41 percent to $3.26 billion from $2.31 billion last year. Net income quadrupled…

In Latest Bid To Push Ebooks, Sony Partners With Borders On E-Commerce Store - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 04 Oct 2007 01:06 PM PST

For the past few years, Sony (NYSE: SNE) and others have been trying get mass adoption of ebooks. And with each effort, the question goes “is the world ready for…

Broadband Content Bits: Sony BMG/imeem; Fox; Joost/Ripe; Starz - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 27 Sep 2007 07:25 PM PST

-- Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG Joins imeem: Following the lead of Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG), Sony BMG is providing access to its artists’ music to social net imeem, Variety…

First Look: Testing Out Amazon MP3 - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 25 Sep 2007 07:50 AM PST

A quick test of Amazon’s (NSDQ: AMZN) new DRM-free ”Amazon MP3” offerings suggests that the service works as advertised, perhaps even exceeding expectations. Before downloading music, Amazon asks you to…

Amazon.com Launches MP3 Store; UMG and EMI As Majors - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 25 Sep 2007 04:55 AM PST

As expected, Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN) has launched its online music store, called ”Amazon MP3”. It is a DRM-free, MP3 format store with over 2 million songs from more than 180,000…

Amazon’s Music Service Could Launch Tuesday; Bezos’ Approval Required - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 12 Sep 2007 03:36 PM PST

So says a story on Billboard.biz: Amazon.com’s (NSDQ: AMZN) online DRM-free music service could launch as soon as Tuesday next week, depending on whether CEO Jeff Bezos gives final approval…

Self-Publisher iUniverse Bought By Rival AuthorHouse - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 06 Sep 2007 12:45 PM PST

In the book online self-publishing world, some M&A: AuthorHouse, one of the largest in the sector, has bought rival iUniverse, a self-publisher based in Lincoln, Neb., for an undisclosed sum.…

Amazon.com To Launch Wireless eBook Reader; Google To Start Charging For Digital Books Access - 6 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 05 Sep 2007 09:47 PM PST

Two separate developments in the eBooks/digital books world, reported by NYT: -- Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN) is launching an eBook device called The Kindle, in October, and will be priced at…

Amazon.com’s Music Service Coming Next Month? - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 31 Aug 2007 10:22 AM PST

Is the world ready for it? Amazon.com’s (NSDQ: AMZN) ready to launch its world-changing music service next month, the 500th such service claiming to, well, change the world. Earlier reports…

Amazon Invests In Popularity-Priced Indie Music Retailer Amie Street - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 06 Aug 2007 12:55 AM PST

Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) has led a first-round investment in Amie Street, an unusual digital music retailer for independent artists. Prices for tracks at Amie Street start free and rise in…

Earnings: Amazon Profits Soar; Revs Grow 35 Percent; Acquisitions - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 24 Jul 2007 01:11 PM PST

Thanks to lower prices that spurred greater sales, Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) Q2 profits ballooned 254.5 percent to $78 million from $22 million the year before. The company also posted healthy…

Netflix Shares Up On Amazon.com Buyout Possibility Rumor - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 06 Jun 2007 11:02 AM PST

An interesting rumor, which makes logical sense if you think about it: Jackson Securities analyst Brian Bolan said in a note today that he has heard buyout speculation of Amazon.com…

Amazon Acquires Audiobook Indie Brilliance Audio - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 23 May 2007 06:48 AM PST

Amazon continues to expand its on-demand publishing strategy, this time acquiring Brilliance Audio for an as-yet-undisclosed sum. Brilliance, founded in 1984 and touted as the largest independent U.S. publisher of…

Amazon To Launch DRM-Less Digital Music Store; EMI First Major Tenant - 3 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 16 May 2007 09:20 AM PST

It’s official ... Amazon has put together enough pieces to announce plans to launch a digital music store later this year. In its release this morning, the company says it…

Amazon.com Buys Digital Photography Review Site Dpreview - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 14 May 2007 09:39 AM PST

An interesting acquisition by Amazon.com: it acquired London-based digital camera review site Dpreview.com. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The site, which I’ve used in the past before…

Earnings: Amazon 1Q Profit More Than Doubles - 2 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 24 Apr 2007 01:39 PM PST

Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN) reported that its 1Q net income leaped 115 percent to $111 million, while sales rose 32 percent to $3.02 billion versus $2.28 billion in 1Q06. Operating income increased…

Amazon Now ‘Talking To Majors’ On DRM-Free Music Store - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 23 Apr 2007 07:47 AM PST

Sources in the London Times say Amazon has approached all the major labels “in the past fortnight” and stated its desire to launch an online music store by May. Times…