Downtown building fetches $55M, thanks to Amazon effect - Seattle Times
24 May 2012, 8:37 pm
One of Seattle's oldest families has purchased a 20-story downtown office building across the street from Amazon.com's proposed three-tower complex. The family-owned Joshua Green Corp. paid the Vance Corp. — another old name in Seattle ...

Amazon breaks ties with conservative group ALEC - The Spokesman-Review
24 May 2012, 5:53 pm
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. is dropping its affiliation with a conservative political group, in part because of some of the positions the American Legislative Exchange Council has taken, a spokeswoman said Thursday.

Amazon Prime Adds Star Trek, Top Gun, And Hundreds More Paramount Movies - Cinema Blend
24 May 2012, 5:24 pm
As digital streaming gobbles up more and more of the home-entertainment landscape, the various services are fighting tooth and nail to lure customers their way. Aside from the usual selling points such as price point and ease of use, probably ...

Amazon shareholders met by protesters, company cuts ties with ALEC - The Business Journal
24 May 2012, 2:11 pm
Show identification, prove that you own shares with proxy documentation, go through a metal detector and sign in. That was what people who wanted to get into the Amazon.com Inc. Amazon.com Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Paramount, Amazon ...

Amazon offering free 'Men in Black 3' ticket with Blu-ray pre-order - New York Post
24 May 2012, 2:11 pm
Amazon is offering a free ticket to "Men in Black 3" for the first 10,000 people to pre-order the film on Blu-ray in the latest sign of the deals studios are willing to strike to boost sluggish home-entertainment revenues. Customers who pre-order the Blu ...

Amazon.com 16th Corporation to Dump ALEC - Center for Media and Democracy
24 May 2012, 1:21 pm
An Amazon.com spokesperson announced at a shareholder meeting in Seattle this morning that Amazon has decided not to renew its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) this year. Dave Johnson, a Fellow at Campaign for America's Future ...

Paramount, Amazon strike streaming deal - The Business Journal
24 May 2012, 11:19 am
Amazon.com announced today it signed a deal with Paramount Pictures that will bring hundreds of older "legacy" films to its streaming video site, Amazon Prime Instant Video. Customers can rent and purchase movies and television shows on Amazon ...

Amazon and Penguin Group (USA) Announce Six Finalists for 2012 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award - Marketwatch
22 May 2012, 3:32 pm
SEATTLE & NEW YORK & CHARLESTON, S.C., May 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- --Winners to be announced at a special awards ceremony in Seattle on June 16 Thousands of entries poured in for the fifth annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA ...

What will happen to Amazon's massive cloud business? - Fortune Tech
22 May 2012, 10:10 am
The Seattle tech giant's AWS has midwifed some of the world's most popular startups. That could put it on a collision course with Amazon's mainline business. FORTUNE -- When Amazon Web Services emerged in 2006, it was questioned far and wide.

Want an unlocked Galaxy S III? Amazon has you covered - CNET News
22 May 2012, 6:42 am
If you can't wait to get a U.S. carrier version of Samsung's Galaxy S III, Amazon is offering the unlocked version early. Samsung Electronics' latest flagship smartphone is available for preorder now, and will ship June 1. There is, of course, a ...