Monday, June 9, 2008

Amazon.com Invests In Video Shopping Site

Amazon.com has made an investment in The Talk Market, a New York startup that bills itself as a "user-generated TV Shopping Channel." Amount of the investment was not disclosed. According to The Talk Market, the equity investment closed in May. The Talk Market provides tools that allow users to upload videos, and generate graphic overlays, add graphics, and soundtracks and sell items from the company's web site; Amazon provides payment services with the Amazon Web Services Flexible Payment Service to the company. More information »