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Publishing
Consumers Union Picks Up Consumerist.com
Hoping to attract youthful readers, Consumers Union—publisher of Consumer Reports—is purchasing Consumerist.com, a cheeky consumer-advocate blog owned by Gawker Media, MarketingVOX reports.
Unlike Gawker, which is selling a panoply of online properties to hedge its bets against falling ad sales, Consumers Union is little affected by the vagaries of the online ad market.
Non-profit status and a...
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Amazon Snaps Up Book-Lover SocNet Shelfari
Amazon.com has acquired social library network Shelfari for an undisclosed amount, writes MarketingVOX.
Shelfari lets users showcase books they’ve read on virtual bookshelves. Books can be reviewed and discussed among “friends,” which occasionally form on-site reading groups. Some months ago, Shelfari also made it possible to embed virtual bookshelves onto other websites.
In addition to all...
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Amazon, Barnes & Noble Spar over Obama Book
Obama’s Challenge, a book by Robert Kuttner that asks for a strong economic plan from Obama, is causing all sorts of bookseller rivalry, reports the AP.
Vermont-based Chelsea Green Publishing announced plans to distribute the book at next week’s Democratic National Convention and give out coupons that will allow consumers to order it through Amazon’s “print-on-demand” service, BookSurge.
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Yahoo’s Buys IndexTools as Answer to Google Analytics
Following the success of Google’s integration of the Urchin analytics package into its Adwords advertising auction system, Yahoo announced it will buy IndexTools as part of assets purchased from Tensa KFT. Terms and price weren’t disclosed, other than to say that the transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2008, according to Internet Retailer.
Whether Yahoo will offer the...
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