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Amazon Cuts California Affiliates Loose Over New Tax Law

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 30, 2011 at 12:58 pm PT

Amazon has notified all California residents who participate in its affiliates program that a new tax law means they will no longer receive fees for referring site traffic that resulted in a sale.

Yahoo Addresses Alipay Mess: Forget It, Shareholders–It's China.

Kara Swisher in News on May 13, 2011 at 12:03 am PT

You’re a very annoying partner for Alibaba, Yahoo. Huh? You know what happens to annoying partners in China? Huh? No? Wanna guess? Huh? No? Okay. They lose their Alipays.

HBO Go Is Nice, But It Won’t Help Cord Cutters

Peter Kafka in Media on February 17, 2010 at 9:29 am PT

HBO’s new site is nice, but you can already get the same programming on the Web via Comcast’s Fancast–if you’re already paying for HBO on your TV. But what if you want to pay for HBO without paying for cable TV? Not happening.

News Corp.: Conan’s Not Coming to Fox Just Yet; Amazon’s Ready to Bend on E-Book Pricing

Peter Kafka in Media on February 2, 2010 at 2:41 pm PT

Amazon caved to Macmillan’s demands on e-book pricing, and now the online retailer is set to give News Corp.’s HarperCollins a new deal too, says Rupert Murdoch. Meanwhile, don’t hold your breath waiting for Conan O’Brien on Fox.

Viral Video: Late-Night Debacle Makes for Good Jokes at Least (Plus BoomTown's Zucker Interview, Pre-Disaster)

Kara Swisher in News on January 11, 2010 at 1:22 am PT

Although BoomTown completely enjoyed having dinner with Hollywood agency overlord Ari Emanuel last week at the Consumer Electronics Show, I have little interest in the money and scheduling machinations that broke out last week over NBC Universal’s late-night television talk shows. But I do love the roundelay of online videos this Tinseltown mess has created. Here is a selection, as well as my D7 interview with NBC head Jeff Zucker, in which he talked about the changes to the lineup that are now being changed back.

Sprint Nextel Silences iPCS

John Paczkowski in News on October 19, 2009 at 5:01 am PT

Wireless company iPCS is a legal thorn in Sprint’s side no longer. This morning, Sprint said it would acquire its litigious affiliate for $831 million, including the assumption of $405 million of net debt.

Yahoo Investors on Microsoft Deal: Do Not Want

John Paczkowski in News on July 29, 2009 at 5:31 am PT

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz says the company’s newly inked search advertising pact “comes with boatloads of value for Yahoo,” but you wouldn’t know it to look at the company’s share price. Yahoo’s shares slipped into the mud on the deal’s announcement, declining nearly seven percent to $16.07 in early trading.

The New York Times Gets Out of the Radio Business, Collects $45 Million

Peter Kafka in Media on July 14, 2009 at 11:34 am PT

The New York Times is getting out of the radio business. Did you know the New York Times was in the radio business? Exactly. Anyway, now it’s not. The cash-strapped publisher has sold WQXR-FM for $45 million, carving up the asset into two packages for different buyers–local NPR affiliate WNYC and Spanish-language broadcaster Univision Radio. The money will go to paying down the paper’s debt: Not much, but more than the company may get for the Boston Globe.