Amazon Tops Q1 Expectations, Bezos Touts More Than 175 Million Prime Video Viewers

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorJeff Blackburn, a former high-level Amazon exec who just recently left after more than two decades, is coming back — in a newly created role, giving him oversight over a consolidated media group.The new appointment was announced internally Thursday by Andy Jassy, currently CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS), who is set to succeed Jeff Bezos as Amazon CEO in the third quarter.Blackburn “has decided to return to Amazon as SVP of a new Global Media & Entertainment

A long-time top Jeff Bezos lieutenant, Jeff Blackburn, is returning to Amazon in a new position, SVP of Global Media & Entertainment. He will oversee all entertainment business including Prime Video and Amazon Studios, Music, Podcasts/Wondery, Audible, Games, and Twitch.

St Ives feels exotic this summer, (perhaps don’t) spare a thought for the world’s richest man Jeff Bezos, who’s just been revealed as the soon-to-be owner of one of the most exquisite and expensive super-yachts ever to take to the high seas. The Bond-style vessel is estimated to cost upwards of $500 million and will be as long as the Great Pyramid at Giza is tall.

Amazon and the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) announced a multi-year agreement giving Prime Video exclusive global streaming rights to 16 WNBA games per season, as well as the Commissioner’s Cup Game on Sunday, August 12.

Tonight Jimmy Kimmel gave his two cents on the return of Broadway, Jeff Bezos’s latest passion project, Caitlyn Jennifer’s struggle in the polls and more.

Amazon founder and one of the richest people in the world, Jeff Bezos recently splurged on a big purchase! According to resorts via Bloomberg, the Amazon CEO has purchased a new luxury yacht for a whopping 500 million USD.

Dogecoin hit an all-time high this week and it is now worth more than Ford, BP and Tesco amid a crypto market frenzy. Still valued at more than $0.

Even though it would appear that states around the US are opening up in time for the summer and movie theaters seem to be on the rebound after a year of awfulness, studios are still selling off some big titles to streaming companies instead of risking it at the box office. Recently, we saw Paramount+ announce the release of Mark Wahlberg’s “Infinite,” and now, we’re seeing Sony make a deal with Amazon to distribute the highly-anticipated “Cinderella” musical remake.

Dogecoin hit an all-time high this week and it is now worth more than Ford, BP and Tesco amid a crypto market frenzy. Still valued at more than $0.

Camila Cabello has found a home at Amazon Prime Video.The previously announced film, which will be the singer’s film debut, is set to skip a traditional cinema release and come straight to the streaming service.As reported by Deadline, Cinderella comes from Sony Pictures and will debut on Amazon later this year.Cabello, in a starring role, will be joined by a supporting cast including Idina Menzel, Billy Porter, Nick Galitzine, Minnie Driver, Pierce Brosnan and James Corden, the latter of whom

Amazon Prime Video is running a hurry-up offense on its NFL push. The streaming giant said it will begin exclusive carriage of Thursday Night Football in 2022, a year ahead of schedule.

Amazon is finally shedding some light on how many of the company's users watch Amazon Prime Video programming.

Amazon blew the doors off all expectations for earnings in the first quarter, helped by comparisons with a year-ago period hit by Covid-19 but also the eruption of several business lines.

Donald Trump.Flatiron Books announced Wednesday that it had acquired Baron's “Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and The Washington Post." The Post is owned by Amazon.com founder and frequent Trump target Jeff Bezos.Baron will explore his eight years with the paper and look into larger issues of the press and its role in democracy.“Marty Baron has had an unparalleled career in journalism, overseeing some of the most consequential news coverage in a generation," Flatiron editor Zachary Wagman said

Elon Musk is rich – very, very rich.