8 books Amazon is making it hard to buy
By Brian Stelter, CNN
Hundreds of books, some obscure titles and some bestsellers, are caught up in the deepening feud between Amazon and the book publisher Hachette.
The two companies are at odds over e-book pricing and other terms. Amazon has been pressuring Hachette to accept its terms - consequently, some Hachette books are listed as "out of stock" on Amazon while others are subject to long delays and disadvantageous pricing.
Amazon, for its part, says that its negotiations with suppliers like Hachette are pro-consumer: "Negotiating for acceptable terms is an essential business practice that is critical to keeping service and value high for customers in the medium and long term."
Why Snowden waited a whole year for his TV close-up
By Brian Stelter, CNN
When Edward Snowden was identified as the source who leaked top-secret NSA documents last spring, reporters and television anchors immediately began jockeying to interview him.
How long, they wondered, might he wait to have his first sit-down television interview, to speak out about why he did what he did? One month? Two?
Snowden actually waited one whole year, for reasons that have a lot to do with how the news media works.
Ben Wizner, the ACLU attorney who has been Snowden's legal adviser and liaison with the press, called the wait part of a "very very deliberate strategy all along" to make mass surveillance the story, not the man.
"Waiting a year meant that there was so much to ask him about other than himself," Wizner said.
Netflix picks up 'DreamWorks Dragons'
By Brian Stelter, CNN
Netflix is furthering its relationship with DreamWorks Animation, picking up two new seasons of the children's television show based on the "How to Train Your Dragon" film franchise.
The two companies announced the deal on Thursday. It comes about a year after DreamWorks committed to bring about 300 hours worth of original programming to Netflix, and two weeks before "How to Train Your Dragon 2" bows in theaters.
Netflix and rivals like Amazon (AMZN, Fortune 500)and Hulu have been competing to have the best selection of shows for kids - a response to theexpectation that programming always be available on-demand.
The announcement is another instance of a TV show moving from a traditional cable channel to a streaming service.
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