Not too long ago popular authors could get away with banging out a new book each year like clockwork. And being a recluse — holed up alone in a mountain [...]
T-Mobile gets Q1 profit boost from new prepaid and wholesale accounts
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May 10, 2012, 4:03 PM
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T-Mobile USA reported yesterday that it lost more 510,000 contract subscribers in its first fiscal quarter of 2012. The company lost 574,000 during the same period last year, and 706,000 [...]
Microsoft, Barnes & Noble form Nook partnership
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April 30, 2012, 12:37 PM
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Microsoft today said it will invest $300 million in Barnes & Noble’s Nook division in exchange for a 17.6% stake. The deal values the bookseller’s fast-growing digital unit at $1.7 [...]
Research in Motion studies next move
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April 26, 2012, 4:37 PM
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Once a darling of the mobile industry, Research in Motion (RIM) announced this week that it has brought in Manhattan law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy to help come [...]
Activist investor targets Barnes & Noble
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April 25, 2012, 2:34 PM
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April was another cruel month for troubled bookseller Barnes & Noble. First the Justice Department filed an antitrust suit against Apple and five major publishing houses, which alleges that they [...]
Freemium shmeemium: the real price of free games
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April 25, 2012, 1:51 PM
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“Buyer beware” is a classic, consumer warning. But free-to-play, or “freemium,” games are proving there are dangers even with free products. Traditional gamers groused, understandably, when prices for new games [...]
How does DoJ lawsuit affect booksellers?
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April 13, 2012, 12:40 PM
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Who really loses in the DoJ lawsuit that claims publishers and Apple engaged in price fixing? Barnes & Noble. The Wall Street Journal reported that the bookseller chain’s stock price [...]
Justice department files lawsuit against Apple, book publishers
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April 11, 2012, 1:46 PM
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In April 2012, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five major publishers. At issue is the switch to an agency pricing model for e-books [...]
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