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Amazon Prime

Amazon rival offers unhappy Prime members free shipping for a year

At least one company is trying to capitalize on Amazon’s announcement this morning that it was raising the price of… Read More

Amazon boosts Prime membership to $99, cites fuel and transportation costs

Amazon is boosting the price of its Prime membership program, increasing it from $79 per year to $99 per year.… Read More

Amazon expands Sunday delivery: Next up, St. Louis

Want an Amazon package any day of the week? They’re now one step closer. Last November, Amazon announced that it… Read More

Amazon considering new streaming music service for Prime subscribers

Amazon is currently in talks with recording company executives to try and broker a deal to create a streaming music… Read More

Lawsuit alleges Amazon Prime third-party prices are inflated to cover shipping

Amazon is being accused of encouraging third-party sellers to inflate prices to help cover the cost of shipping, even though… Read More

Amazon Prime price hike will be a tough sell, survey finds

Amazon Prime is a great deal in the eyes of many Amazon customers, offering free two-day shipping for $79/year, among… Read More

Chart: Here’s why Amazon needs to jack up the price of Prime

Amazon’s net shipping costs — the difference between how much it charges customers for shipping and how much it actually… Read More

Amazon Prime tops 20 million members as company touts its best holiday season ever

Amazon is exiting the 2013 holiday season with “tens of millions” of Amazon Prime members, according to a statement this… Read More

Report: Amazon developing bulk food delivery service to rival Costco, Sam’s Club

According to a report by USA Today, Amazon is working on a service called Pantry, which will allow Prime subscribers… Read More

Why Amazon raised the Super Saver Shipping threshold

A great wail rose up from the Internet earlier this week when Amazon announced that it was increasing the threshold… Read More

Want Super Saver Shipping from Amazon? That’ll be $10 more, please

If you’re the sort of person who always tries to get your stuff shipped from Amazon through the company’s Super… Read More

Google aims at Amazon with Google Shopping Express

When you want something quickly, Amazon is one of the best options for a fast delivery. But one other online… Read More

Hulu no longer for sale as owners pour in $750M to spearhead growth

Streaming media company Hulu was set to be sold, but now its current owners have had a change of heart.… Read More

Amazon Fresh launches in L.A., with new $299/year ‘Prime Fresh’ membership

[Updated below with Amazon comment.] After more than five years of testing in the Seattle region, Amazon introduced Amazon Fresh… Read More

Netflix freeloaders forgot to cancel trials after binge viewing ‘House of Cards’

As the major online streaming services develop and launch original content, one of the most interesting tactics has come from… Read More

Inside Amazon Prime’s ‘explosive’ growth: 10 million members and profitable

The $79/year Amazon Prime subscription service has experienced rapid growth since late 2011, reaching an estimated 10 million members as… Read More

Google’s new same-day shipping service to challenge Amazon Prime

Amazon, watch out — Google is stepping into your space. TechCrunch is reporting today that Google is preparing to launch… Read More

O, Canada: Amazon expanding Prime service north, but without Instant Video and e-book lending

Amazon Prime is now available in Canada but without a few key benefits. The Seattle online retail giant announced today… Read More

Amazon teams with A&E Networks, adding more content to Prime Instant Video

Amazon is adding more content to its Prime Instant Video service, announcing today an agreement with A+E Networks. Shows like… Read More

Hulu’s revenue up 65 percent to $695M in 2012, doubles paid subscribers to 3 million

Based on the numbers, things are going very well at Hulu. The streaming video company released its 2012 results today… Read More

Amazon Prime celebrates an amazingly vague milestone

It’s interesting how often a company as numbers-driven as Amazon.com asks its customers and shareholders to judge its progress with… Read More

Amazon brings Instant Video service to iPad with new app

Amazon.com, looking to expand its presence in digital video, debuted a new iPad app this morning that brings its Instant Video… Read More

Amazon Prime adds ‘West Wing’ and ‘Fringe’ in exclusive streaming deal

Amazon has struck a deal with Warner Bros. to bring West Wing and Fringe to its Amazon Prime Instant Video… Read More

PS3 gets Amazon video app, Xbox 360 still stuck with workaround, for now

If you own a PlayStation 3 and subscribe to Amazon Prime, it’s your lucky day. Amazon today announced the availability… Read More

Amazon Prime service adds Mythbusters, Deadliest Catch and other Discovery shows

Amazon just boosted the video catalog available to Amazon Prime subscribers — announcing a deal with Discovery Networks to add… Read More

Report: Amazon Prime not nearly as big as analysts think

Amazon Prime, the company’s $79/year subscription service, has significantly fewer subscribers than Wall Street analysts have been estimating, according to… Read More

Amazon’s new Viacom deal adds Snooki, not Jon Stewart

Amazon.com this morning announced a deal with Viacom to add TV shows from MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Spike, VH1, BET, CMT and Logo… Read More

Report: Google to challenge Amazon with fast shipping

Google is talking with big retailers about creating a new service to provide fast, cheap shipping of items found through… Read More

Amazon’s Best Books list spotlights Prime lending problem

Amazon.com is out today with its list of the Best Books of 2011, its editors’ picks of the top 100… Read More

Amazon lands Fox movies and TV shows for Prime members

Amazon.com this morning announced a new digital licensing agreement with 20th Century Fox that will increase the catalog of streaming… Read More

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