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05-01-2017, 10:06 PM
Amazon is giving an entire town free Prime membership because marketing is out of control
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Amazon is ready to celebrate the streaming debut of its very own Oscar-winning film Manchester by the Sea (http://mashable.com/category/manchester-by-the-sea/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)in true Amazon fashion — through self-promotion.
This week, before the movie launches on Prime Video May 5, the company is giving residents (http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2268323) of Manchester-by-the-Sea — the scenic town (http://www.manchester.ma.us/) in Es*** County, Massachusetts, that provides the film's setting — one year of Amazon Prime for free.
SEE ALSO: Glimpse into Amazon's futuristic living spheres (http://mashable.com/2017/03/20/spheres-instagram-amazon-seattle/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
In a press release on Monday, Amazon said (http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2268323) it would give "every home in the town" one year of Amazon Prime plus three packs of Wickedly Prime Popcorn from Amazon's own it private label brand (https://www.amazon.com/Wickedly-Prime/b?ie=UTF8&**de=13854994011). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/01/manchester-by-the-sea-amazon-prime/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Amazon is ready to celebrate the streaming debut of its very own Oscar-winning film Manchester by the Sea (http://mashable.com/category/manchester-by-the-sea/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)in true Amazon fashion — through self-promotion.
This week, before the movie launches on Prime Video May 5, the company is giving residents (http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2268323) of Manchester-by-the-Sea — the scenic town (http://www.manchester.ma.us/) in Es*** County, Massachusetts, that provides the film's setting — one year of Amazon Prime for free.
SEE ALSO: Glimpse into Amazon's futuristic living spheres (http://mashable.com/2017/03/20/spheres-instagram-amazon-seattle/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
In a press release on Monday, Amazon said (http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2268323) it would give "every home in the town" one year of Amazon Prime plus three packs of Wickedly Prime Popcorn from Amazon's own it private label brand (https://www.amazon.com/Wickedly-Prime/b?ie=UTF8&**de=13854994011). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/01/manchester-by-the-sea-amazon-prime/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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