Amazon buys Audible — giving it triple threat of print, digital, audio
Amazon said it will buy Audible, a digital audiobook publisher, for roughly $300 million.
Audible provides 80,000 products in audio form, ranging from books by famed authors Stephen King and Jane Austen, newspapers such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, magazines as… Continue Reading
Roundup: Alibaba’s ads, Flying cars don’t fly, Google’s switches, more
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Here’s the latest action:
1. Alibaba launches its own ad platform
2. SpiralFrog losing money rapidly
3. Viddler launches way to advertise at “tagged’ points within video
4. Amazon.com’s Kindle e-reader receives mixed reviews
5. Advertising technology startup Clickable raising $3 million more
6. Hope you can afford a helicopter —… Continue Reading