Residents of New Jersey may now have among the best legal protection of their online privacy in the United States after a recent ruling of the state’s Supreme Court. In State of New Jersey v. Shirley Reid, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have the same duty to protect subscriber privacy records as banks or phone companies, and cannot turn over records without a proper subpoena.
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Amazon Acquires Audible.com for $300M
Returning to the focus on books that launched its now behemoth retail business, Amazon.com announced on Thursday that it had purchased Audible.com, a New-Jersey-based provider of spoken word content. The company reportedly paid $300 million for the company, which will bring its library of audiobooks under Amazon’s flag.
“Audible.com offers the best customer experience, the widest content selection and the broadest device compatibility in the industry,” said Steve Kessel, Amazon.com’s senior vice president for worldwide digital media, in a statement. The site offers over 80,000 programs in total, from books, newspapers and magazines to television, radio and original programming.

