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LEE GREENHOUSE
has 25 years of experience building, managing, and consulting to information businesses. He has served on the boards and advisory boards of several information services and technology companies. Read more >
Tag Archives: Amazon
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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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