The Morning Lowdown 09-29-11
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» The Key To The Kindle Fire: It’s Not Taking On Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Directly (paidContent)
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Ad Optimizer Yieldex Raises $10 Million From Hearst, Amazon
Yieldex, which offers services designed to protect publishers’ pricing from the the downward pressure often brought by ad exchanges and ad n… Read more »
Amazon And Apple Have Mirror Opposite Tablet Content Strategies
Amazon’s announcement of their media tablet the Kindle Fire was long anticipated. I won’t add to the countless virtual column inches discus… Read more »
The Key To The Kindle Fire: It’s Not Taking On Apple Directly
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To this point, the companies that have tried to challenge Apple’s dominance of the tablet market have failed in head-to-head comparisons whe… Read more »
Amazon Breaks $100 Barrier With New Kindle E-Readers; As Low As $79
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The Kindle Fire was the star of today’s Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) show but don’t ignore the retooled Kindle e-reader lineup. CEO Jeff Bezos knows… Read more »
Amazon’s Kindle Fire Will Sell Millions, But It Won’t Threaten Apple’s iPad
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Today Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) revealed its new Kindle lineup, including a touchscreen E Ink eReader and Amazon’s first color touchscreen tablet,… Read more »
Amazon’s Lukewarm Fire: No Kindle Tablets Outside U.S.
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has revealed its price-busting Kindle Fire tablet for $199 alongside a new touchscreen Kindle Touch. But that news will… Read more »
Updated: Amazon Stock Watch: B&N Plummets, Apple Unmoved On Kindle Launch
A knock for Nook? Barnes & Noble’s share price fell 10 percent as Jeff Bezos announced not just a Kindle tablet but a revision to Amazon’s c… Read more »
Updated: Amazon Stunner: New Kindle Tablet Will Go For $199
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) unveiled its new Kindle Fire this morning, and it will be priced at $199, well below Apple’s iPad, which dominates the s… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09-28-11
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» James Rubin Abruptly Departs Bloomberg (NYT/Media Decoder)
» Publishers’ Digital Download Hopes Rise Ahead Of Kindl… Read more »
Can Publishers Capitalize On Kindle Tablet To Boost’ Digital Downloads?
Publishers are once again rubbing their hands together over the new possibility of another, non-Apple-owned avenue for selling digital versi… Read more »
Which Publishers Get Highest ‘Satisfaction Ratings From Marketers, Agencies
The continuing migration of audiences and ad dollars to digital has helped serve as a balm against growing economic fears that have resulted… Read more »
Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Will Be The First True Media Tablet
Tomorrow Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) holds a major launch event and will likely unveil its first tablet, according to TechCrunch named the Kindle Fi… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09-27-11
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» Amazon’s Kindle Fire Tablet A ‘Stopgap’ Design, Publishers Line Up (paidContent)
» Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) Gains Dream… Read more »
Apple Dips On The Back Of JPMorgan’s Back And Forth On iPad Production
Here’s one of those instances that makes you wonder about where investment analysts get their information, and what their agendas might be b… Read more »
Reports: Amazon’s Kindle Fire Tablet A ‘Stopgap’ Design, Publishers Line Up
Amazon’s long-awaited Android tablet appears to be just two days away from making its first public appearance, and a few details trickled ou… Read more »
Updated: Comparing Streaming Video Services: Blockbuster, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon
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For the latest streaming video chart, click here.
Our July streaming video chart followed word that Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) was separating DVD… Read more »
Amazon Adds Fox To Subscription Streaming Lineup But Still No Mobile
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) continues to build out its Amazon Prime Instant Video service, this time with more than 2,000 movies and TV episodes fro… Read more »
Comparing Streaming Video Services: Blockbuster, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon
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Our July streaming video chart followed word that Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) was separating DVD and streaming subscriptions and raising the price… Read more »
Time Warner’s Bewkes: ‘Cordcutting Hasn’t Arrived’
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Warned by an interviewer at today’s Goldman Sachs conference hat he was about to talk about cordcutting, the subject that won’t go away, Tim… Read more »
Documentary Streamer SnagFilms Adds Drama, Wider Mobile Distribution
Indie documentary video streaming service SnagFilms making good on some of the changes it proposed earlier this year, when it raised $10 mil… Read more »
Amazon Kindle Users Finally Can Check Out (Some) Library E-Books
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Roughly five months since Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) promised library lending that would work for Kindle, the service is live at more than 11,000 U… Read more »
Updated: Amazon Appstore Outside The U.S.? Not So Fast
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) thrives on scale for its business model. But when it comes to launching new products, the company has often taken a caut… Read more »
ABC, Lovefilm Execs Scratch Heads At Netflix’s Split
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Netflix’s decision to divide its DVD and streaming operations is being treated as a joke and a shot in the foot by some observers.
CEO Reed… Read more »
Update: Google Buys Groupon Clone And Launches Wallet In Quest For Commerce
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) at the moment gets the vast majority of its revenues from its huge advertising business, but today we saw two examples o… Read more »
@ pcAds: Hearst Wants Tablet Magazines To Adopt Movie, TV Pricing
New device opportunities should allow Hearst to drive its digital revenue model away from advertising reliance, and toward 50/50 equivalence… Read more »
Amazon Launches In Spain
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Hola, Amazon: The company is officially launching in Spain today, as reported last week. Read more »
New Stats Find E-Reader Use Up 167%; E-Readers Under $100 By Holidays
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If all you want for Christmas is a $99 e-reader, Santa is listening, according to research firm IDC. The company also finds e-reader shipmen… Read more »
Apple Highlights E-Singles In iBookstore
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has its Kindle Singles store and now Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is highlighting shorter reads in its own “Quick Reads” section,… Read more »
Authors To Universities: Give Up Your Google Books
In a surprise move, authors’ groups slammed their one-time university partners with a lawsuit demanding that the schools’ surrender digital… Read more »
A Few More Details Emerge On Amazon’s E-Book Rental Plan
Following the report this morning that Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is in discussions with publishers about an e-book rental service for Amazon Prime… Read more »
Report: Amazon Considering E-Book Rentals For Prime Members
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is in discussions with publishers about launching an e-book rental system for Prime members, according to the WSJ. But i… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 9-12-11: Google/Oracle, Apple/HTC Patents; Amazon; Adobe
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A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Amazon is taking one more step to enrich its content offerings; it’s reporte… Read more »
Android Tablets, Take Two: All Eyes On PC Vendors, Retail Partners, Amazon
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The first six months of the Android tablet era have been largely forgettable, as Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) continues to sell millions of iPads each… Read more »
Blast From The Past: Interactive Fiction Games Come To Kindle
The year is 1603, and you are in Elizabethan London. When you receive an invitation from an old acquaintance, you expect nothing but an ente… Read more »
UK’s Waterstones To Wade Into The E-Reader Market With Kindle Killer?
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Waterstones — the leading UK bookseller that was recently bought by Russian billionaire Alexander Mamut — is taking a tip from its U.S. co… Read more »
Sling Media Co-Founder Blake Krikorian Joins Amazon Board
If you want any more evidence of Amazon’s ambitions in the digital media space, the latest addition to Amazon’s small board is Blake Krikori… Read more »
Reports: Amazon Launching In Spain Next Week; Kindle On The Way
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is launching Amazon.es in Spain on September 15, according to Spanish newspapers El Pais and El Mundo, with a Kindle sto… Read more »
Why Amazon’s Tablet Will Challenge Apple In A Way That Google Cannot
The rumours are unstoppable: Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is going to unveil a tablet in the next few weeks, and if the hands-on description of an in… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 9-5-11: iPhone 5 Hints; T-Mobile/AT&T; Google/Admob; HP
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A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Best Buy is gearing up for a special “Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) fixture installatio… Read more »
