Rumors continue to circulate about a soon-to-launch movie download service from Amazon.com, the supersize online retailer. Industry trade Red Herring: "Both The New York Times and
The Wall Street Journal cited unidentified sources who claimed the Seattle-based e-tailer is in talks with Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios, and Warner Brothers about debuting a service
that will sell downloads of movies that can be saved on a PC or burned on a DVD." Amazon would not comment. The move, if it occurs, would represent a continuation of an initiative
already under way. Amazon has already announced a pop-culture interview show that will be produced especially for download. The host will be comedian Bill Maher. Additionally, there are reports
that Amazon is in talks with several music companies about downloadable music.
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