Mediagazer: Amazon's “other” sales, mostly comprised of its advertising revenue, jumped 139% to $2.03B in Q1, the first time sales have surpassed $2B (Eugene Kim/CNBC)

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Eugene Kim / CNBC:

Amazon's “other” sales, mostly comprised of its advertising revenue, jumped 139% to $2.03B in Q1, the first time sales have surpassed $2B — - Amazon's quarterly advertising sales surpassed $2 billion for the first time in the first quarter. — Amazon doesn't break …

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