Amazon’s Latest Offering: Hollywood’s Inside Track

Amazon recently expanded IMDb‘s offerings. With the new subscription service IMDb Pro, aimed at entertainment-industry insiders, Amazon hopes to not just sell movies but also help Hollywood make them by connecting agents, producers and talent using the same sort of data analysis that helps Amazon sell stuff.

In addition to selling ads and licensing its content to other companies such as Showtime Networks, IMDb is selling subscriptions to IMDb Pro, a $12.95 monthly or $99.95 annual service. It gives users access to much deeper information than IMDb.com. Subscribers can look up representation for actors, directors and writers; how much money their previous films grossed; and how far along in production movies are.

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