Amazon
Amazon.com, Inc. 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". Amazon has been described as a Big Tech company. Wikipedia
Website: www.aboutamazon.com
Symbol: NASDAQ:AMZN
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- Feb 2: For 2026, the IAB has appointed a new Chair, NBCUniversal’s Alison Levin, and Vice Chair, Alan Moss from Amazon Ads.
- Jan 21: Magellan AI released its rankings for top podcast advertisers in the US. Wifi-enabled photo frame Aura Frames spent $7.1mn in December, just beating Amazon's $7mn or T-Mobile's $6.8mn. IBM showed the biggest increase, dropping $2.6mn into podcasts.
- Jan 20: An upcoming video platform, LRT Presents, promises to make video podcasts available globally across Roku, Amazon Fire, Play station and Xbox. "As any distribution avenue there is a fee," the company tells us (though podcasts don't pay any fee to be distributed on Spotify, YouTube or other platforms - and are paid by Netflix, among others).
- Jan 5: Podscribe published its rankers for December 2025. Amazon was the biggest advertiser; Audacy has returned as a top ten publisher; and the top five podcasts remain unchanged.
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