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  US Justice Department threatens publishers, and Apple, over ebook pricing collusion, says WSJ

  915 readers That’s what the Wall Street Journal is reporting, but I can’t find anything else about it, at least so far.  Here’s what the Journal says: The Justice Department has warned Apple Inc. and five of the biggest U.S. publishers that it plans to sue them for allegedly colluding to raise the price of electronic books,

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  Court rules Wall Street Journal can change terms of digital subscription

  1218 readersA district court has thrown out a class action suit against Dow Jones (owner of the Wall Street Journal) for changing the subscription terms for its on-line Wall Street Journal service, PaidContent reports. Originally, one single WSJ online subscription price covered access to digital versions of both the Wall Street Journal and Barron’s Online. However,

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  Dept. Of Justice Investigates eBook Business

  856 readersFollowing an investigation in Europe, the U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation into the eBook industry. The investigations will look at if Apple and publishers are breaking any antitrust laws when pricing eBooks. The Wall Street Journal has more: “At a congressional hearing, Sharis Pozen, the Justice Department’s acting antitrust chief, said: ‘We are also

• Justice Department Threatens to Sue Apple, Five Major Publishers over E-Book Pricing

  1037 readers The publishers potentially in the legal cross-hairs are Hachette, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Penguin and Macmillan. From The Wall Street Journal (U.S. Warns Apple, Publishers): The Justice Department has warned Apple Inc. and five of the biggest U.S. publishers that it plans to sue them for allegedly colluding to raise the price of electronic books, according to

• Strange Turn in DoJ Price Fixing Investigation, Settlement Near?

  1216 readers A strange turn in the DoJ vs. Apple and the agency five price fixing probe. From the Wall Street Journal (Settlement Near on E-Book Pricing): Talks to resolve U.S. and European price-fixing probes into e-books are heating up, with three international publishers inclined to settle the matter, according to people familiar with the matter. Apple Inc., another

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  Wall Street Journal covers Amazon Android tablet plans

  1521 readersThe Wall Street Journal has covered Amazon’s much-rumored plans for a tablet, with a long and thoughtful article considering how such a device might affect the sales of Amazon’s Kindle, and what Amazon’s competitors in the e-book and digital media marketplaces are doing. The piece has some interesting information from anonymous inside sources about what features

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  Resigning acting anti-trust chief discusses publisher antitrust action

  1411 readersThe Department of Justice’s departing acting antitrust chief Sharis Pozen, who previously made some pointed but general comments to the Wall Street Journal about certain colluding businesses, has made a speech at the Brookings Institution in which she was more specific. The speech recounted many antitrust actions over the last three and a half years,

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  Kindle case manufacturer M-Edge sues Amazon for anticompetitive practices

  1046 readersThe Wall Street Journal reports that M-Edge, a manufacturer of protective cases for Amazon’s Kindle (who we’ve already mentioned a number of times on TeleRead), has filed suit against Amazon for unfair competition, patent infringement, and a raft of other offenses. M-Edge’s complaint claims that, two months after signing a 3-year contract for 15% royalties

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  US Justice Department and FTC looking into Apple’s subscription service; EU monitoring as well

  673 readersAccording to the Wall Street Journal, the US Justice Department, through its antitrust division, is looking into Apples terms for media companies who want to sell subscriptions on Apple devices. Evidently the investigation is in a preliminary stage and it might, or might not, end in the Department taking action. Banning apps from linking to

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  Senator Charles Schumer fears DoJ antitrust suit could bring about end of publishing industry

  554 readersSenator Charles Schumer (D, New York) has an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal calling upon the Department of Justice to drop its lawsuit against the agency price publishers and Apple. Schumer seems to have bought into the Author’s Guild’s rationale, which he quotes and references, painting Amazon as the evil monopolist and publishers