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September 2008
- MySpace Elbows iTunes With New Music Service
  
  CNET | Sep 25, 08 3:50 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Apple’s iTunes meets its first serious challenge today with the launch of MySpace Music, CNET reports. The second-largest online social network has joined forces with Amazon and the world’s four biggest record labels to offer free streaming and paid downloads. The move also pitches media mogul and MySpace owner Rupert Murdoch against Apple CEO Steve Jobs. More »
  
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  Apple • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • music industry • Steve Jobs • Sony • iTunes • Amazon • EMI • MP3 • MySpace Music
- Amazon's On-Demand Video Good, Not Great: Mossberg
  
  Wall Street Journal | Sep 11, 08 1:44 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Amazon’s new Video on Demand service works well, Walter Mossberg writes in the Wall Street Journal , although the selection of titles could be better. The service allows users to individually purchase movies and TV to stream, with most rentals lasting 24 hours. The videos are stored on an Amazon server, which nicely remembers where you were so you can resume viewing instantly. More »
  
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  Internet • television • Amazon.com • iTunes • iTunes Store • Netflix • Amazon • streaming content • Hulu • Walt Mossberg • video on demand
- In Vino, Cash: Amazon to Sell Wine
  
  Reuters | Sep 11, 08 12:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Online shopping got a little more intoxicating today as Amazon announced it will start selling wine in the US starting in October, Reuters reports. The retailer—looking for a chunk of the $30 billion-plus US wine market—has partnered with Napa Valley Vintners, which will supply vino from the 315 wineries it represents. Only 7% of wine sales are currently made online. More »
  
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  alcohol • wine • Amazon.com • wine industry • wineries • Amazon • Napa Valley
- New Reader May Top Kindle
  
  Wired | Sep 8, 08 7:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Move over, Kindle. A new e-book reader made by German/British firm Plastic Logic is on its way, and seems to fix many of the Amazon reader’s apparent flaws, Wired reports. PL’s as-yet-unnamed reader is 8.5 inches by 11 inches, but less than 3/10 of an inch thick and weighs less than a pound. More »
  
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  technology • book • literature • Amazon • Kindle • e-book • ebooks
August 2008
- Re-Kindling May Not Be Enough
  
  BusinessWeek | Aug 26, 08 9:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Amazon plans to launch the next generation of its Kindle e-book player in the coming months, but an iPod-sized hit may still be out of the company's grasp, Peter Burrows writes in BusinessWeek . Much-needed improvements are on the way, but the real future for Kindle could be in using its player technology in other devices, Burrows suggests. More »
  
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  technology • reading • Amazon • Jeff Bezos • Kindle • e-book
- Retail Politics Entangle Book on Obama
  
  Wall Street Journal | Aug 19, 08 2:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barnes and Noble says its stores will not stock Obama’s Challenge , a new book outlining a progressive economic agenda for the Democratic candidate, because the publisher cut an exclusive deal with Amazon.com, the Wall Street Journal reports. Amazon’s print-on-demand service will offer the title beginning Monday, while the official printing will be available everywhere Sept. 14. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Democratic National Convention • book • Amazon.com • DNC • Amazon • Barnes and Noble • book sale
- Stocks Post Modest Gains
  
  MarketWatch | Aug 11, 08 3:47 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Stocks managed to hold on to small gains today from a big early rally, as oil prices fell despite the fighting in Georgia, MarketWatch reports. The Dow closed up 48.03 points at 11,782.35. The Nasdaq gained 25.85 points to 2,439.95, and the S&P 500 climbed 9 points to 1,305.32. More »
  
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  Russia • Dow Jones • S&P 500 • Nasdaq • Georgia • oil prices • oil supply • Amazon • Kindle
- Kindle Is King of the Market —But It's a Small Market
  
  Portfolio | Aug 5, 08 9:14 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - After about 9 months on the market, how goes the Kindle? No official sales figures are out for Amazon's electronic reader, but Liz Gunnison of Portfolio tries to get a sense of things. If you were expecting it to ignite a revolution in reading, keep dreaming. Amazon has likely sold about 240,000—that puts revenue at about $100 million, a "rounding error" by Amazon standards—and Gunnison doesn't see a huge market beyond that because of a host of demographic and market factors. More »
  
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  technology • reading • Amazon • Jeff Bezos • Kindle • e-book
July 2008
- Web Crashes Take Bigger Toll, Fuel Bigger Outrages
  
  New York Times | Jul 5, 08 7:59 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A crashing website once was no big deal, but now it can cost a company millions and send customers into fits of rage. In a sign of the times, one San Francisco web engineer has started downforeveryoneorjustme.com, allowing visitors to see whether a site is down or if it's just their connection. He says surfers expect the Internet to work 24/7, "and people are looking for answers when it turns out not to be true.” More »
  
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  Internet • Amazon • Twitter • computer servers • websites
June 2008
- Amazon Kept Laughing After Dot-Com Bust
  
  Economist | Jun 20, 08 4:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Yahoo, eBay, and Amazon emerged from the dot-com bust as a mighty triumvirate, but only Amazon has kept its mojo in the decade's latter stages, the Economist reports. Yahoo, the oldest of the lot at 14, shooed away Microsoft, surrendered part of its business to Google, and failed to stay current. It survives, “but on the web’s equivalent of life support." More »
  
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  Internet • Google • Yahoo • eBay • Jerry Yang • Amazon • Jeff Bezos • John Donahoe
May 2008
- Amazon to Launch On-Demand Video Streaming
  
  Reuters | May 29, 08 9:41 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Amazon plans to open the sluices for pay-per-view video streaming within weeks, Reuters reports. The Internet retail giant already rents videos for download via the Web but is enhancing its digital media service to better compete with rivals like Apple and Netflix. Amazon boss Jeff Bezos told a conference yesterday the service will be "a new version of video on demand." More »
  
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  Amazon.com • online videos • Netflix • Amazon • Jeff Bezos • streaming content • AppleTV • streaming movies
- Book Giant Weighs Bid for Chief Rival
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 21, 08 2:36 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barnes & Noble is mulling a possible bid for its nearest rival, Borders, reports the Wall Street Journal . America's biggest book chain, with 22% of the market, has assembled a team of 30 executives and experts to study a takeover of the second biggest, with 12% of the market. Such a takeover would likely raise anti-trust issues. More »
  
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  book • publishing • Amazon • Borders • Barnes & Noble • Leonard Riggio
- 15 Dead in Brazil Ferry Accident
  
  Associated Press | May 5, 08 3:04 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A ferry taking passengers home from a nighttime party capsized yesterday in Brazil, killing at least 15 people, AP reports. Dozens more were missing in the Solimoes River, one of the Amazon's largest tributaries. Most of those killed were women. Some passengers swam to shore and others were picked up by nearby boats. The ferry, which was carrying at least 80 people, was grounded earlier this year after failing an inspection. More »
  
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  Brazil • death • Amazon • boat • missing boater • boat accident
April 2008
- Amazon Keeps Building on Digital Transformation
  
  New York Times | Apr 7, 08 3:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sales of downloadable digital media continue to gain ground on conventional formats—last week, Apple’s iTunes passed Wal-Mart as top US music seller. Not to be outdone, Amazon.com is rapidly expanding its venues for digital Web delivery, the New York Times reports. This year, the company debuted a music download store, its Unbox video service and the recent download-capable Kindle e-book reader. More »
  
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  Amazon.com • digital music • digital downloads • Amazon • digital video • Kindle • e-book