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Apple Music, copyright law, EC-1, Entertainment, kobalt, kobalt ec-1, Media, Music, Pandora, Publishing, record labels, Royalties, Spotify, Startups, streaming services, tunecore

How Kobalt is simplifying the killer complexities of the music industry – TechCrunch

Backed by over $200 million in VC funding, Kobalt is changing the way the music industry does business and putting…

Amazon, computing, ecommerce, email, Privacy, Publishing, security, world wide web

Amazon customers say they received emails for other people’s orders – TechCrunch

Users have said they are receiving emails from Amazon containing invoices and order updates on other customers, TechCrunch has learned….

Amazon, Amazon Marketplace, artificial intelligence, Canada, chief executive officer, companies, Counterfeit, e-commerce, Ebay, ecommerce, Europe, Federal Communications Commission, India, Marketing, Online Music Stores, Online Shopping, Publishing, Supply Chain, transparency, United States, Vice President

Amazon expands Transparency anti-counterfeit codes to Europe, India and Canada – TechCrunch

Amazon is no stranger to the nefarious forces of e-commerce: fake reviews, counterfeit goods and scams have all reared their…

cloud applications, ecommerce, Mailchimp, Publishing, Shopify, TC, Web applications, world wide web

Mailchimp and Shopify break up – TechCrunch

Shopify and Mailchimp today announced that the Mailchimp app, which let its users use their Shopify data to create targeted…

Asia, authors, Fundings & Exits, India, Publishing, Social, stories, Storytelling, wattpad

Wattpad gains strategic investment from Times Bridge to further expand in India – TechCrunch

Wattpad is further expanding into Asia with a new partnership and undisclosed strategic investment from Times Bridge, the global investment…

Amazon, Amazon Hq2, amazon tax, computing, Foxconn, Google, Long Island City, Nashville, New York, New York City, Publishing, real estate, Software, TC, technology, Wisconsin

Did New York lose anything with Amazon’s rejection? It’s complicated. – TechCrunch

Now that Amazon has said that it’s taking its ball and going home rather than deal with mean, pushy New…

apps, Asia, Films, Kids, Korea, Media, Mobile, Movies, Publishing, Teens, Tv, wattpad

Wattpad’s latest deal will turn its stories into TV shows and movies in Korea – TechCrunch

Wattpad’s ambitions to grow beyond a storytelling community for young adults took another leap forward today with the announcement of…

Buzzfeed, BuzzFeed News, BuzzFeed News Union, Media, Publishing, TC, workers rights

BuzzFeed News employees vote to unionize – TechCrunch

Shortly after BuzzFeed News employees revealed that they had voted to unionize, its editor-in-chief said the company wants to meet…

Alexa, Amazon, amazon alexa, Amazon Echo, clock, computing, microwave, Publishing, TC, world wide web

Amazon has paused sales of its Echo Wall Clock due to connectivity issues – TechCrunch

Amazon launched an Echo Wall Clock before the end of the last year but, less than a month later, things aren’t…

Biometrics, Facial Recognition, Facial Recognition Software, Florida, Government, Publishing, security, surveillance, U.S. government

Lawmakers say Amazon’s facial recognition software may be racially biased and harm free expression – TechCrunch

Amazon has “failed to provide sufficient answers” about its controversial facial recognition software, Rekognition — and lawmakers won’t take the…