Mediagazer: Apple Executive Defends Pricing in Case on E-Books (Brian X. Chen/New York Times)

9:10 AM ET, June 18, 2013

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

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Brian X. Chen / New York Times:

Apple Executive Defends Pricing in Case on E-Books — Just days after Apple introduced the iPad and opened an e-bookstore, the biggest player in the e-book market, Amazon, changed the way it sold digital titles. Steven P. Jobs shot off an e-mail to the Apple executive who had negotiated deals with the publishers.

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Bloomberg:

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Sam Biddle / Valleywag:

Top Wall Street Journal Reporter Jessica Lessin Going Solo — Jessica Lessin, a San Francisco-based senior technology reporter at the Wall Street Journal of several years, is quitting (somewhat abruptly) to launch her own tech website. It will sting a bit.

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James Henderson / Techday:

Fairfax Magazines to close NZ tech titles — Fairfax Magazines will resign the licences, owned by IDG, to publish technology titles Computerworld, Reseller News and PC World in New Zealand. — In a press release sent out to the media late yesterday, the organisation says the decision …

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