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After very publicly pulling it shows from Apple's iTunes store last August in a dispute over pricing and bundling, U.S. broadcast network NBC has been partnering with all sorts of digital media outlets to make sure its viewers can get online versions of its shows: in addition to offering shows on its own site and via the Hulu partnership with Fox, the company is offering shows via Amazon Unbox and (most recently) via Netflix. Now, the… Read More

With intentionally meager fanfare, grocers have made Internet shopping available to tens of millions of consumers nationwide, and upcoming expansions will expand it to millions more. “Our business has doubled the last two years and we expect it to double again this year,” said Safeway.com head Mitch Rhodes, who labeled the growth “relatively explosive” for an industry with notoriously low profit margins. Read… Read More