Advertising: Telling the World It Sells Stethoscopes, Too

A new campaign for Staples promotes the fact that the office products chain sells much more these days than folders and clips.

    



As New Services Track Habits, the E-Books Are Reading You

Several new e-book subscription services are analyzing the data of readers and providing it free.

    



Tribune Co. Buys Electronic Media Data Firm

The $170 million deal for Gracenote, a subsidiary of Sony, adds to the Tribune Company’s growing repository of entertainment metadata.

    



The Media Equation: When ‘60 Minutes’ Checks Its Journalistic Skepticism at the Door

Viewers expect and deserve the show to bring its A game when it takes on a huge issue like the N.S.A., to serve as a stand-in for the American people and ask the uncomfortable questions.

    



If a Story Is Viral, Truth May Be Taking a Beating

People post on Twitter or write stories for online news organizations like The Huffington Post or Gawker that spread quickly on the web as if factual, when they really aren’t.

    



Beats Music Streaming Service Says It Will Begin in January

The service, which intends to compete with Spotify, hopes to build on the popularity of Beats headphones.

    



Justices Pass on Tax Case From Online Merchants

The United States Supreme Court will let stand a decision that the companies must collect sales taxes despite the lack of a physical presence in the state.

    



IBM to Announce More Powerful Watson via the Internet

Companies, academics and individual software developers will be able to use Watson at a small fraction of the previous cost.

    



Same Time, Same Channel? TV Woos Kids Who Can’t Wait

In their efforts to attract children, television networks are starting to show programs online before they appear on old-fashioned TV.

    



An Offer From Amazon to Its Most Bitter Rivals

The giant retailer announced a program to pay independent bookstores to sell its e-books and popular reading devices.

    

‘Humans of New York,’ by Brandon Stanton

Brandon Stanton’s new book of 400 photographic portraits, “Humans of New York,” has become a best seller.

    



Book About Amazon Is Reviewed on Amazon, by Founder’s Wife

In her lengthy review, MacKenzie Bezos took issue with “The Everything Store,” about Amazon and Jeff Bezos.

    



The Media Equation: With ‘Alpha House,’ Amazon Makes Bid for Living Room Screens and Beyond

The show, Amazon’s first attempt at original programming, could create additional momentum for change in the concept of television.

    



Disney and Dish Wrangle Not Over Broadcast Fees, but the Future of TV

The protracted distribution negotiations under way between Dish Network and the Walt Disney Company are said to focus on digital rights like ad-skipping and online streaming.

    



Start-Up to Offer Didion E-Books

Beginning Monday, ZolaBooks.com alone will sell the e-book of “Slouching Towards Bethlehem” as well as other digital books by Joan Didion.

    



Publishing Executive at Amazon to Depart

Laurence Kirshbaum also worked at Random House and eventually became the chairman and chief executive of the Time Warner Book Group.

    



Square Feet: Struggling Newspapers Sell Off Old Headquarters

Many papers, large and small, are trying to shed their aging properties for spaces that are more efficient and high-tech.

    



Staff of Washington Post Bids Farewell to Grahams

Current and former Post employees came together in an emotional send-off for the family that owned the newspaper for eight decades.

    



The Media Equation: Tech Wealth and Ideas Are Heading Into News

The technology industry and its various power brokers are suddenly investing significant sums of money in preserving news capacity and quality.

    



Snowden Journalist’s New Venture to Be Bankrolled by eBay Founder

Pierre Omidyar will finance the news site drawing Glenn Greenwald away from The Guardian, where he reported on the revelations by Edward Snowden.