NewsWhacker: Sellers vs. Distributers; the Amazon – Macmillan War

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

New York Times — You may have read about the standoff between Amazon.com and the Macmillan publishing company. Macmillan had objected to Amazon’s pricing, particularly its loss-leader $9.99 e-book price for new books. …

Has Amazon Moved Your Buy Button? – Freakonomics Blog – NYTimes.com

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

You may have read about the standoff between Amazon.com and the Macmillan publishing company. Macmillan had objected to Amazon’s pricing, particularly its loss-leader $9.99 e-book price for new books. In turn, Amazon.com temporarily …

Amazon shares slip; Macmillan titles still missing

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

NEW YORK — Amazon.com continued to withhold sales of books published by Macmillan on Monday, the result of a pricing dispute that helped knock shares in the online retailer down more than 5 percent.

PS3 motion controller to be called the Gem?… (Electronista …

Friday, December 11th, 2009

Sony’s PS3 motion controller may have already received a final name if a slip…

Redhead 12-year-old assaulted over Facebook message citing South …

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

LA County detectives are investigating an assault on on a 12-year-old boy which may have been incited by a Facebook group message referencing a 2005 South Park episode. “The boy was kicked and hit in two separate incidents (