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From the Washington Post itself: The Washington Post Co. has agreed to sell its flagship newspaper to Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos, ending the Graham family’s stewardship of one of America’s leading news organizations after four generations. Bezos, whose entrepreneurship has made him one of the world’s richest men, will pay $250 million in cash for The …

Amazon is readying a new video streaming device similar to Roku and Apple TV. The e-commerce giant is planning to introduce a device this fall dedicated to streaming video over the Internet and into its customers’ living rooms, according to three people familiar with the project who aren’t authorized to discuss it. They say the box will plug into TVs …

In a case that may be headed for the Supreme Court, a New York appeals court has ruled that out-of-state websites such as Amazon must charge state sales tax. The case, combining two brought by Amazon and Overstock.com Inc, was decided by the New York State Court of Appeals by a vote of 4-1. “It’s unfortunate and the (U.S.) Supreme …

According to Forbes Magazine, there are presently 1342 billionaires in the world. Other notables on the list: Michael Bloomberg (#13, $27B), Jeff Bezos (#19, $25B), Sergey Brin (#21, $23B), George Soros (#30, $19B), Mark Zuckerberg (#66, $13B), Rupert Murdoch (#91, $11B), Giorgio Armani (#131, $8B),  Donald Trump (#423, $3B),  Oprah Winfrey (#503, $3B), and Peter Thiel (#931, $1.6B).

What took them so long? Dear Joe, Amazon’s Kindle Paperwhite commercial promotes gay marriage. Instead of Amazon remaining neutral in the culture war while showcasing how their product has no glare even at the beach, they chose to promote sin. The commercial starts off with a guy and a girl sitting on the beach with their Kindles. At the end, …

You know who ain’t gonna like this! (Tipped by JMG reader Bstewart23)

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The “binders” meme still has legs judged from the plethora of amusing “reviews” posted to Amazon’s listings for real actual binders. Just one example: As a woman, I’m not adept at making decisions that concern me. So when I need the right choice, I turn to the presidential candidate that KNOWS. One with prideful experience in this department. I don’t …

Gizmodo notes that Amazon says it’s all out of the Kindle Fire. For the moment. Staples’ U.S. retail chief Demos Parneros recently said Amazon was prepping “five or six” new tablets. What that likely means—if there’s any basis to it at all—is several storage options in two different sizes. So theoretically, a 7-inch Kindle Fire with 8GB, another with 16GB, …

Nothing but Dress Barn and dollar stores from now on!

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife have donated $2.5M to help Washington state’s marriage equality movement. With the gift, the couple have doubled the money available to the proponents of Referendum 74, which would legalize same-sex marriage in the state by affirming a law that passed the Legislature this year. Courts or lawmakers have declared gay marriage legal in …

Online behemoth Amazon has publicly stated their support for the marriage equality bill about to be voted on by the legislature of their home state. Wahoo! “Amazon is joining other Pacific Northwest companies, including Microsoft, Starbucks and Nike, in support of Washington state’s marriage equality bills,” Amazon said in a statement released by spokeswoman Mary Osako. “The spirit of these …

Along with a lengthening list of smaller companies, two of Washington state’s largest corporations have come out in support of marriage equality. But there are still some very big fish to land, most notable among them, perhaps, is Amazon. And Nordstrom. Costco…I’m not holding my breath. If there IS going to be a ballot measure, we’ll need as many of …

Ever since the UC Davis incident, wiseguys have been flooding Amazon with reviews of the pepper spray on sale. At this writing, the below is the “most helpful” review. Whenever I need to breezily inflict discipline on unruly citizens, I know I can trust Defense Technology 56895 MK-9 Stream, 1.3% Red Band/1.3% Blue Band Pepper Spray to get the job …

Via Atlantic: Tomorrow Amazon will unveil its answer to the iPad, reports TechCrunch’s MG Seigler. “On Wednesday morning in New York City, Amazon will unveil the Kindle Fire. Yes, this is the name Amazon has settled on, to help differentiate the product from the e-ink Kindles, which will still be very much alive and for sale.” With Amazon’s online retail …

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In a smackdown squarely aimed at iTunes, today Amazon began selling Lady Gaga’s new full-length album for a mere 99 cents. The release is priced at $11.99 on iTunes. Amazon’s sale is for today only.

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Amazon has launched a cloud-based digital storage service, beating Apple and Google to what industry observers believe will be the next big thing for folks wishing to access their files from any computer or phone. Amazon has announced its own cloud-based media streaming service. It’s called the Amazon Cloud Player and you can start using it right now. It looks …

Amazon has launched an iPhone app which allows users to scan the barcode of any title found in a bookstore and order it directly from them instead. The latest version of Amazon Mobile, 1.2.8, contains a bar code scanner in its search screen. As with bar code scanners in other mobile apps, Amazon Mobile uses your iPhone’s camera to take …