Amazon
Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American multinational technology company engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. Founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos in Bellevue, Washington, the company originally started as an online marketplace for books but gradually expanded its offerings to include a wide range of product categories, referred to as "The Everything Store". Today, Amazon is considered one of the Big Five American technology companies, the other four being Alphabet, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft. Wikipedia
Website: www.aboutamazon.com
Symbol: NASDAQ:AMZN
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- Dec 17:
Magellan AI released the top podcast advertisers for November 2024. BetterHelp once again hit #1 spot, with $8.6mn spent; Amazon was at #2, and T-Mobile at #3. The biggest mover was Bartesian, a cocktail maker that, just like a Nespresso,
takes all the joy and fun out of crafting a drinkmakes a drink at the touch of a button. - Dec 3: Acast has opened its London studios, in the heart of London’s Old Street. The space includes an Amazon Music branded studio, free to emerging and brand-new creators; and has four multimedia studios. Acast podcasters can use the studios for free from early next year.
- Dec 2: More podcasts are powered by Amazon Cloudfront than ever before. 57.3% of all November’s episodes used the content delivery network, says Livewire. (Including ours!)
- Nov 19: First look: In a move that could be targeted at Spotify, Amazon Music is adding the entire Audible audiobook catalog to its app. Unlimited subscribers in the US, UK and Canada can now listen to one Audible title for free each month (of any length), alongside more than 100 million songs in HD Audio, and a range of ad-free podcasts. Audible is the best-known brand for audiobooks (and lays claim to be an early podcast company, too): this offer also includes the company’s original productions. We’ve analysis, below.
- Nov 14: The Locked On Podcast Network has added the Locked On NBA FAST channel, a sixth FAST TV channel on YouTube, Local Now and Zeam, with Amazon Fire to come shortly. The channel carries daily episodes from Locked On NBA video podcasts.
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