WGBH Xconomy Report: TripAdvisor, Amazon, & More

Our partnership with the folks at WGBH continues as we join forces again this week to bring you the Xconomy Report. In this week’s innovation news, TripAdvisor goes public and independent, breaking ties with Expedia. Seattle-based Amazon.com makes plans for a Boston-area office, which will open in Cambridge early next year. And much more, including news from Akamai, Nuance, and Metamark Genetics.

In case you missed it this morning, have a listen below. The Xconomy Report airs every Friday at 7:49am on 89.7FM.

Author: Lilly O'Flaherty

Prior to joining Xconomy, Lilly spent five years in the public programs department of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, providing event marketing and management support for lectures, symposiums, and a series of evening events called Gardner After Hours. During her time at the Gardner Museum she also studied at the University of Massachusetts Boston on a full tuition scholarship from the Boston Globe Foundation, receiving her Bachelor’s degree in English and Art History in Spring 2011. She developed a keen interest in all things media during her tenure as the editor-in-chief of UMass Boston’s student magazine, Lux, where she covered student and faculty research.