Alexa+ launched last year in an "early access" preview, meaning consumers had to join a waitlist or buy a new device to use the service.

According to the theater’s manager, Jordan Perry, the message drew the ire of Amazon MGM, which allegedly contacted the booker that works with the theater. The booker informed Perry that Amazon was upset with the marketing and eventually pulled the film from the theater.

The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is making layoffs that will eliminate more than 300 jobs across the paper, about 30% of its headcount, resulting in the shuttering of its sports and books section and cutbacks in other areas,