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...only company likely to hinder Amazon's attempt to become the Barnes & Noble of the Web, however, is Barnes & Noble itself. In January the industry goliath announced plans to begin selling its estimated 1 million titles via America Online and a Website. Amazon countered by more than doubling its stock, to 2.5 million (including, a bit disingenuously, a million out-of-print books it will try to locate for you, an offer B&N quickly matched), and slashing prices up to 40% to surpass the bookstore's 30% hardcover discount...
...great rematch of David and Goliath, and yet again David proved too much for his more talented opponent...
...synergy is the driving force behind media conglomerates, somebody at Viacom Inc. missed a meeting. When the company's MTV and VH-1 video channels recently sought an online-CD outlet, they passed over corporate cousin Blockbuster Entertainment, the video- and record-store Goliath, in favor of a more popular rival, N2K's Music Boulevard. MTV will also contribute news to the sites and promote them over the airwaves. With the $24 million-a-year online-music market expected to grow to $1 billion by 2000, MTV's abandonment is more bad news for the retail chain. Blockbuster has enough...
...Quincy Street couple describes a battle between 'David and Goliath...
...Huber had styled her battle as one between "David and Goliath...