Amazon.com Inc. Kindle E-readers sit on display at an Amazon Pop-Up store inside the Lakeview Whole Foods Market Inc. store in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017. Amazon.com Inc. is betting that people shopping for discounted organic Thanksgiving turkeys at Whole Foods this week may decide to pick up an Echo digital assistant as well. The company is using the holiday moment and its broader brick-and-mortar presence to further a lead in the emerging market for voice-activated smart home speakers. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
Two senior executives at Amazon.com Inc’s audio-book company, Audible, have abruptly resigned in the midst of a company investigation into workplace harassment.
Chief content pfficer Andrew Gaies and chief revenue officer Will Lopes resigned Monday, Audible chief executive officer Don Katz announced to the staff. Katz didn’t elaborate on the reasons for the resignations, which were reported earlier by The Hollywood Reporter. Gaies was in Audible’s San Francisco office as recently as last week presenting product plans to his team, said a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified.
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