Los Angeles - The day after his performance at Super Bowl XLIII, Bruce Springsteen is atop the most popular album chart on Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN), and is second on the iTunes Store's (NASD: AAPL) album chart, Wired.com reported. Springsteen told The New York Times that his motivation in accepting the Super Bowl gig was mainly to promote his new album, "Working on a Dream," which was released last Tuesday.

Seattle - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) may be set to introduce a new version of its Kindle e-book reader next month, Wired.com reported, citing a media event the company is hosting on Feb. 9 at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City. The first version of the device was released in late 2007, and Amazon has said the Kindle is one of the best-selling electronics devices it offers.

The online music retailer eMusic has put out some interesting data that, it is claimed, supports the famous “Long Tail” theory of online retail. Chris Anderson (picture), the editor in chief of Wired magazine, coined the phrase in a 2004 article, claiming that Internet retailers would sell more niche products at the expense of mass-market items. However, this theory was challenge in a recent study by Will Page and Andrew Bud, which claimed more than 10 million of the 13 million music tracks available on the Internet failed to find a single buyer last year. In response, eMusic has reported that 75% of the tracks in its catalogue were bought at least once in 2008.

New York - New York Gov. David Paterson has proposed levying a new batch of taxes on digitally delivered entertainment services, such as music and video downloaded from iTunes, and e-books purchased for Amazon's Kindle device, The New York Daily News reported.

Los Angeles - Talk show and book club maven Oprah Winfrey endorsed Amazon's (NASD: AMZN) Kindle e-book reader as her "favorite new gadget" on her program Friday, according to reports. "I'm telling you, it is absolutely my favorite new thing in the world," Winfrey says in a post on her website. As a special offer for Oprah viewers, Amazon is knocking $50 off the Kindle's $359 price tag to those who enter the promotional code "OPRAHWINFREY" during the checkout process on Amazon.com through Nov. 1.

New York - While Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iTunes Store continues to dominate the digital music market, Amazon's (NASD: AMZN) MP3 store and RealNetworks' (NASD: RNWK) Rhapsody made strides in terms of brand awareness and user preference over the past year, according to a report from market research firm Ipsos. Among users who were aware of more than one source for digital music purchases, 57% preferred iTunes -- an increase of 7% from a year ago. Meanwhile, 9% favored Amazon MP3, which has only been around a year, and 7% preferred Rhapsody, a 3% increase from a year ago.

London - Amazon.com has held a series of talks with U.K. record labels, and plans to launch its MP3 download store in the U.K. next month, New Media Age reports. The store was launched a year ago in the U.S., and currently offers over 5 million songs, from all four major labels and a bevy of independents.

Seattle - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) is preparing to launch its own content delivery network service, aiming to offer even smaller websites faster, more efficient delivery of their media and other content to end users, Webmonkey reports, citing a post on the Amazon Web Services blog.