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Washington Post Strategy Takes Page from Amazon Web Services

Ever since Jeff Bezos purchased the Washington Post Company in 2013, there has been much speculation on how he intends to put the newspaper on a more self-sustaining economic footing in the face of the existential challenges confronting the entire … Continue reading


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The New Face of Crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing is evolving from exotic to mainstream as it becomes increasingly incorporated into the operations of major information companies, such as Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg, and others, to build and enhance their content collections. In the first phase of crowdsourced labor, … Continue reading


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Why Amazon’s Rivals Are Making Inroads

The book publishing world has been undergoing a big shift. In the beginning, there was Amazon with its world’s largest bookstore. Then came the Kindle, which catapulted Amazon into dominance over e-books. This month, Amazon signed up its first star … Continue reading


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Amazon Doesn’t Care

A recent Wall Street Journal article questioned whether Amazon makes money selling the Kindle and e-books. It’s an interesting question, but probably doesn’t matter much, least of all to Amazon itself. For argument’s sake, let’s assume that Amazon makes little … Continue reading


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