Seattle-based Internet retailer Amazon (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMZN]]) is working on a new online digital TV and movies subscription service, challenging established competitors such as California-based Netflix (NASDAQ: [[ticker:NFLX]]). The e-commerce company has been pitching the Web-based service to media companies including General Electric’s NBC Universal (NYSE:[[ticker:GE]]), Time Warner (NYSE: [[ticker:TWX]]), News Corp. (NasdaqGS: [[ticker:NWSA]]) and Viacom (NYSE: [[ticker:VIA]]), according to The Wall Street Journal. Amazon is reportedly following a similar model to Netflix’s catalogue of older movies and TV shows available for instant streaming. For more information, see the WSJ story.
Author: Thea Chard
Before joining Xconomy, Thea spent a year working as the editor of another startup, the hyperlocal Seattle neighborhood news site QueenAnneView.com. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California, where she double-majored in print journalism and creative writing. While in college, Thea spent a semester studying in London and writing for the London bureau of the Los Angeles Times. Indulging in her passion for feature writing, she has covered a variety of topics ranging from the arts, to media, clean technology and breaking news. Before moving back to Seattle, Thea worked in new media development on two business radio shows, "Marketplace" and "Marketplace Money" by American Public Media. Her clips have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Santa Monica Daily Press, Seattle magazine and her college paper, the Daily Trojan. Thea is a native Seattleite who grew up in Magnolia, and now lives in Queen Anne.
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