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Amazon’s Quest for Web Names Draws Foes

Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Commerce on March 11 at 7:00 am PT

Large and small companies are vying for control of an array of new Internet domain names, but Amazon.com Inc.’s plans are coming under particular scrutiny.

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Judge Approves E-Book Price-Fixing Settlement

Chad Bray, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on September 14, 2012 at 3:01 pm PT

A U.S. judge has approved an antitrust agreement with dozens of states in which consumers will receive more than $69 million from book publishers to settle allegations of price-fixing of e-books.

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Judge Approves Settlement in E-Book Pricing Case

Chad Bray and Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Media on September 6, 2012 at 1:26 pm PT

In a move that could reshape the publishing industry, a federal judge has approved a settlement with three of the nation’s largest book publishers over alleged collusion in the pricing of e-books.

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Memo to DOJ: Drop the Apple E-Books Suit

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, Contributor, The Wall Street Journal in News on July 18, 2012 at 4:00 pm PT

Recently the Department of Justice filed suit against Apple and major publishers, alleging that they colluded to raise prices in the digital books market. While the claim sounds plausible on its face, the suit could wipe out the publishing industry as we know it, making it much harder for young authors to get published.

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Google Settles Lawsuits Brought by French Authors and Publishers

Sam Schechner, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 11, 2012 at 6:30 am PT

Google Inc.’s effort to digitize the world’s books inched forward Monday, as the search giant said it had struck deals with French authors and publishers that end six years of litigation and open the way to sell out-of-print French books online.

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Justice Department Bites Apple

L. Gordon Crovitz, Columnist, The Wall Street Journal in Media on April 23, 2012 at 5:01 am PT

The 30 percent revenue-share model is Apple’s standard practice, not, as alleged by the government, the product of a conspiracy. Whether it’s news, games, apps or books, Apple’s position is the same.

U.S. Sues Apple, Publishers Over E-Book Pricing

Chad Bray and Brent Kendall in Media on April 11, 2012 at 7:39 am PT

The U.S. filed an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday against Apple Inc. and five of the nation’s largest publishers, alleging they conspired to limit competition for the pricing of e-books.