Amazon

• Amazon To Self-Distribute First Film In Theaters, Woody Allen’s ‘Wonder Wheel’
• Insights: In An Escher-esque Turn Of Events, Newspapers Need Antitrust Exemption To Deal With Google’s Antitrust Power

  I’ll be using my inner Escher to track the recursions of irony and complication in the continuing battle over monopolies in the era of the network effect.

  
• Amazon’s ‘Transparent’ Will Premiere On TV On August 9

  Amazon has brought one of its most acclaimed original series, 'Transparent,' to TV thanks to a programming block on SundanceTV.

  
• Number Of U.S. Amazon Prime Members Could Surpass Total Pay TV Households Next Year

  As soon as next year, there could be more U.S. households that subscribe to Amazon Prime than to cable or satellite television.

  
• Insights: In The Digital Future, What Do Studios Look Like (If Anything At All)?
• Insights: Amid VidCon’s Tween Fan Hordes, Signs Of A Business Growing Up
• Insights: Should ESPN Now Stand For E-Sports Network? There Are Worse Ideas.
• Amazon Rolls Out Twitch Prime To 200 Additional Countries, Territories
• Amazon Signs First-Look Deal With Steven Soderbergh’s Film Distribution Firm
• Netflix And Amazon Screenings Are Being Booed At The Cannes Film Festival
• Amazon Launches Dashboard To Help Parents Monitor Their Kids’ Content Habits
• Amazon Estimated To Spend $4.5 Billion On Video In 2017