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Amazon, Hearst Ink Content and E-Commerce Deal Ahead of Kindle Tablet Launch

Amazon, Hearst Ink Content and E-Commerce Deal Ahead of Kindle Tablet Launch

Massive online retailer Amazon and publisher Hearst are getting hot and heavy with a wide-ranging expansion of their business relationship, announced in a press release today. The “multi-faceted consumer marketing, e-commerce and content relationship” has implications for both of the […]

Why buying Hulu would be nothing but a mug’s game

Why buying Hulu would be nothing but a mug’s game

As my colleague James Johnson here at Medacity has written about a few times here, Hulu is apparently up for sale to any company dumb enough to fork over the money, and lots of it, only to quite possibly end […]

Amazon Expands Streaming Titles, Hints That DVDs Could Be on the Horizon

Amazon Expands Streaming Titles, Hints That DVDs Could Be on the Horizon

While it seems Netflix is doing everything in its power to focus on streaming and curb the physical media aspect of its business entirely, Amazon has hinted that it may actually move toward DVD rental as a way to grow […]

Walmart’s Vudu Tops Amazon For Streaming Films, Study Says

Walmart’s Vudu Tops Amazon For Streaming Films, Study Says

Amazon has been edged out by Walmart’s Vudu in movie streaming market share for the first two quarters of 2011, a research report has revealed. IHS Screen Digest reports that Vudu’s market share shot to 5.3% in Q1 and Q2 […]