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New study: Nearly 20% of Amazon’s 65M Prime members in U.S. go with monthly charge

When Amazon introduced a monthly subscription plan for its Prime program as an alternative to the $99 annual fee earlier this year,… Read More

Amazon piles on the Prime benefits with new ‘Prime Reading’ perk

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said earlier this year that the company’s goal is to make the benefits of its $99/year Amazon Prime… Read More

Amazon unveils ‘Twitch Prime,’ adding game benefits to membership program

A lot of Twitch fans are about to become Amazon Prime members. Amazon and its live streaming company Twitch Friday… Read More

Amazon’s new ‘Audible Channels’ Prime benefit is great — but it’s not available on Amazon tablets (Update: They’re working on it)

[Update, Saturday afternoon: After this story was published, an Amazon spokesperson contacted GeekWire to add to the company’s previous statement: “We… Read More

Report: Amazon continues push for live sports, this time targeting soccer, tennis and other global sports

Amazon wants to stream sports with worldwide followings such as soccer, tennis, rugby, golf and auto-racing, in a move that could help… Read More

Amazon expands ad-supported Prime smartphone discount program with addition of Moto G Play

Amazon says its discount smartphones for Prime members supported by lock screen ads have been a huge hit, so the online… Read More

New Amazon Vehicles feature aims to take some of the pain out of car shopping

Amazon is looking to provide relief to people embarking on one of the more stressful retail experiences in life: buying a… Read More

Amazon launches Prime service in India, offering speedy shipping to members

Amazon Prime has arrived in India. Amazon today launched its membership program to customers across more than 100 cities in India, offering free… Read More

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New study: Amazon reaches 63M U.S. Prime members — surpassing half of customer base for first time

Amazon’s Prime program has reached 63 million members in the U.S. — an increase of 43 percent over the past… Read More

We’ll never run out of Play-Doh again: Trying the new Amazon Dash Button

“Can I press it now?” Moments after setup, my 5-year-old was fully on board with the concept of our new Amazon… Read More

Amazon’s new Prime benefit: Discounted smartphones, supported by lock-screen ads

Amazon says it will offer its Prime members exclusive discounts on unlocked Android smartphones, starting with the new Motorola Moto G… Read More

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Stephen Colbert’s words of wisdom: Get Amazon Prime and worry less about Starbucks cup names

Stephen Colbert took time during “The Late Show” this week to give mention to a couple little Seattle companies. In a mock… Read More

Amazon’s move into private-label foods will be exclusive to Prime members

Amazon will soon expand its lineup of private-label goods to include perishable food items — offering nuts, spices, vitamins, tea, coffee, baby… Read More

Amazon same-day delivery expanding to Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood after report on exclusion of black communities

Amazon says it will expand same-day delivery to Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood less than a week after a Bloomberg report highlighted… Read More

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Amazon won’t sell you some video games without a Prime membership

Want to buy Grand Theft Auto V for your Playstation 4 from Amazon? You’d better have a Prime membership. The retail giant is… Read More

Report: Black neighborhoods underserved by Amazon’s free same-day delivery

Amazon Prime Free Same-Day Delivery doesn’t serve predominantly black neighborhoods as well as it serves white ones, according to a detailed… Read More

Amazon’s new monthly Prime memberships will ‘severely impact’ Netflix, analyst says

Netflix, watch out. That’s the conclusion from some analysts after Amazon’s big announcement late Sunday, as the e-commerce giant rolled out a monthly… Read More

Amazon expands free same-day delivery to 11 mid-sized cities, increases coverage in existing metro markets

Amazon continues to increase the value of its Prime membership, this time expanding its network of free same-day delivery options… Read More

Amazon Prime now available month-to-month — if you’re a Sprint customer

Amazon Prime’s $99 yearly fee is a pretty good deal, but it can be a big hit to the wallet for users… Read More

Amazon cuts fresh-food delivery deal with UK grocer Morrisons

Amazon customers in the United Kingdom now have a significant fresh-food selection to choose from thanks to a new partnership… Read More

Amazon debuts first ad-supported show, available for non-Prime viewers

Amazon has shown it can go up against Netflix and HBO by offering original content to paid subscribers, but now… Read More

Amazon’s net shipping costs top $5B for first time, fueling push to build out its own delivery network

Amazon’s net shipping costs reached an all-time high of $1.85 billion during the fourth quarter of 2015 and surpassed $5 billion… Read More

Amazon Prime memberships grew 51% worldwide in 2015; 47% in U.S.

Amazon is growing its Prime membership program faster than analysts expected. In its quarterly earnings report posted today, the Seattle tech… Read More

Amazon Prime’s US membership grew 35% to 54 million in 2015, research group says

 Amazon’s sales pitch to consumers about the benefits of the company’s Prime program continues to resonate, research suggests. In a… Read More

Amazon temporarily drops Prime membership to $73 after Golden Globe wins

Amazon is celebrating its most recent Golden Globe awards by cutting the price of a Prime membership and streaming free… Read More

Amazon Prime adds more than 3M new members in 1 week at peak of holiday shopping season

Amazon said tonight that it added more than 3 million new Amazon Prime members globally in just one week at the… Read More

Talk about a revolution: The Beatles, finally, are streaming on Christmas Eve

Streaming may have loved you yeah, yeah, yeah, but the Beatles catalog sure never did love it. Until now. For… Read More

Amazon’s record-breaking ‘Man in the High Castle’ renewed for a second season

As tech titans increasingly use original content to extend their digital empires, Amazon is distinguishing itself with a show about more traditional empire building.… Read More

Amazon opens pop-up movie theater at JFK to celebrate JetBlue partnership

Another giant Amazon box is out in the wild, though this one is fairly unique given that it’s located inside… Read More

Amazon and JetBlue team up to let Prime members binge watch at 35,000 feet for free

JetBlue passengers who happen to subscribe to Amazon Prime won’t have to miss out on any binge watching time this holiday… Read More

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