When Amazon debuted its Video Direct service on Tuesday, the media hailed it as a rival to YouTube. Video Direct lets content creators post and monetize video directly on Amazon’s Video and Prime ...

LOS ANGELES — Amazon has taken on YouTube by offering another venue where anyone can post videos and get paid for it. But the e-tailer has made the process much more cumbersome than its main rival.

Amazon is rejiggering the payment structure for its Prime Video Direct self-publishing program to reward the highest-performing content with higher rates — while reducing royalty rates for ...

The online giant launches a platform open to any video creator, an in-your-face move to the likes of YouTube, Facebook and Vimeo. Ben Fox Rubin was a senior reporter for CNET News in Manhattan, ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Most people would agree that the rise of streaming has benefited consumers. There are now so many highly rated shows, it can feel as if the world of prestige television ...

Amazon has launched its own YouTube-style service that lets people upload their own videos. The service, called Amazon Video Direct, pays people royalties based on three metrics: video rental price, ...

Amazon has been making big effort lately to attract more enterprise customers, which are traditionally more conservative about technology investments. The company is doing everything it can to make ...