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Re:Amazon now has a billion-dollar ad business by shostack on Saturday October 28, 2017 @04:58PM (#15576742)
What's the insight here? How they handle the accounting of it?
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Re:Amazon now has a billion-dollar ad business by notatoad on Sunday October 29, 2017 @02:04AM (#15578153)
i think the insight is that if you count all the other advertising revenue that they book as "cost reductions" instead of standard revenue, then they're making a lot more than $1b per quarter off advertising (or alternatively, the fact that they're making $1bn per quarter is not a new thing)
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Re:Amazon now has a billion-dollar ad business by ej_campbell on Saturday October 28, 2017 @11:40PM (#15577860)
I think insight is that these Billions encompass more than their "product listing ads" type business.
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