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Amazon SVP of Worldwide Digital Media Steven Kessel Taking Time Off

in Commerce on April 13 at 5:27 pm PT

Amazon has confirmed to All Things D that Steven Kessel, a 13-year veteran responsible for the company’s Kindle business, is taking time off.
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Viral Video: Samuel L. Jackson Reads “Go the F**k to Sleep”

in Media on June 16, 2011 at 12:58 am PT

What more is there to say, except this viral video of actor Samuel L. Jackson reading a viral “children’s” book is hysterical. Written by Adam Mansbach, the book has developed a cult following — though it’s more for parents than for their children, of course.
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Amazon Goes Shopping, Comes Home With Woot

in News on June 30, 2010 at 1:45 pm PT

Woot.com, the commerce site that made its name featuring one big deal a day, announced today (in entertaining fashion) that it is being acquired by Amazon.com, where, like Zappos and Audible, it will continue to operate as an autonomous subsidiary. Amazon invested $4 million in Woot in 2008. Details of the deal were not announced.

Shut Up, Kindle

in News on February 27, 2009 at 4:55 pm PT

Rather than argue with the Authors Guild over the text-to-speech feature of its new Kindle 2 e-book reader, Amazon is modifying the device’s software to make it optional. Authors and publishers will now be able to decide if they want the function enabled or not on titles for which they own the rights.
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Kinoma Touches Up Clunky Windows Mobile

in The Mossberg Solution on August 26, 2008 at 2:36 pm PT

Kinoma Play is one application that is desperately needed by Windows Mobile users, and it just might remind them that there’s a better way to navigate media and media-related Web services without needing to buy a new mobile device.
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The 700 MHz Club: Open Access for All

in News on January 31, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

Bezos Adds Apple Audiobooks Business to Amazon Wish List

in News on January 31, 2008 at 4:01 am PT

The Amazon bears are growling this morning. Shares in the company, which have already lost more than 20% of their value in 2008, slipped further in early trading (but recovered later), though Amazon said yesterday that profits more than doubled in its fourth quarter. “This quarter showed accelerated sales growth and record operating profits,” CEO [...]