Wednesday Wake-Up Call: The Future of Ads on Amazon's Alexa. Plus, Diageo Suspends Snapchat Ads

Vice: Vice Media suspended President Andrew Creighton and Chief Digital Officer Mike Germano as it probes harassment complaints about them, Bloomberg News reports.Out: Patrick Scissons is out as KBS' global chief creative officer, after a year marked by high-profile departures from the agency, Ad Age's Lindsay Stein reports.Spotify lawsuit: The streaming music service is facing a $1.6 billion lawsuit from the publisher of Tom Petty, Neil Young and Stevie Nicks among others, Variety reports. The suit reportedly says Spotify doesn't have the correct licenses to play thousands of tracks. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

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Hairy Bikers topple Fifty Shades from Amazon top spot

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Amazon trialling local delivery scheme

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Rakuten beats Amazon to Japanese e-reader market

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James 'has outsold Potter' on Amazon UK

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hooper report calls for 'copyright hub'

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Picks Up Market Share

Amazon appears to have been the big winner in picking up former Borders customers. According to new figures from Bowker Market Research, Amazon’s share of book spending in the first quarter of 2012 was 29%, up from 23% in the comparable period in 2011. Barnes & Noble’s share of spending, in... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Spalding success for Amazon

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rosen calls for backing for reading for pleasure

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon puts 50MB limit on 3G Kindle's 'free' experimental browser

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Is Amazon Making A 10-inch Tablet?

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Amazon partners with Co-op for collection lockers

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Hearst Unveils Private Ad-Buying Marketplace for Its Magazine Websites

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EC v-p backs calls for reduced VAT on ebooks

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Amazon Audible hits WP 7.5: gesture controlled audiobooks, but no voice control

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Harry Potter books land in Amazon's Kindle Owners' Lending Library

All seven Harry Potter books are now available in the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, marking the series' first availability outside the Pottermore store. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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