Amazon
Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational technology company engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, entertainment, and artificial intelligence. Founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos in Bellevue, Washington, the company started as an online book marketplace that gradually expanded to include virtually all consumer products as well as many other categories, positioned as "The Everything Store". Wikipedia
Website: www.aboutamazon.com
Symbol: NASDAQ:AMZN
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- Sep 11: Substack has also published download and view numbers from the Organizing Things podcast, which launched last week on the platform. The first week got 10,385 downloads - "entirely organic, no paid promotion or ad spend". What's the secret of its success? The show's co-host Shea Serrano is a five-time NYT best-seller, and was previously with Amazon and Wondery; and already had 128,000 subscribers to his newsletter: so that might be a factor.
- Sep 9: Ray Harkins has become Head of Podcasts at Mynt Agency. "I am SO happy to roll with the team of audio nerds into the future," he writes. He was previously at ART19 and Amazon, and hosts the music podcast 100 Words or Less.
- Aug 28: YouTube announced that YouTube Shopping Creators can now tag Amazon products in the YouTube Shopping Affiliate Program. It's available for eligible US creators only, and only visible in select countries and regions and on select surfaces.
- Aug 26: Quince is buying more podcast ads than anyone else, says Magellan AI - spending $7.5mn in July. BetterHelp and Amazon spent around $5.4mn. Meanwhile, Hero Bread, Accenture and Lululemon were the biggest movers and shakers. Magellan AI has a free webinar on Sep 10.
- Aug 13: The Sounds Profitable Business Summit unveiled its first set of speakers, including Ira Glass. Representatives from YouTube and Amazon are also to speak. The event is exclusive to Sounds Profitable Partners, and takes place Sept 14-15; Podnews will be reporting from the event.
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