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Alabama Apple Customers Due Funds from Lawsuit

Officials say Alabama consumers will receive more than $6,300,000 from Apple Inc.  in a lawsuit over inflated e-book prices.  Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange said in a statement Monday that the tech giant is expected to spend about $400 million to compensate consumers across the country and Alabamians are slated to receive approximately $6,357,100.  Strange says Alabama and 32 other states prosecuted Apple for considering with five major American publishers to raise E-book prices.  Strange says consumers will receive payments of $6.93 for each New York Times best-seller and $1.57 for other e-books purchased between April 1, 2010 and May 12, 2012.  

Melanie began her career as a work study student, working in the areas of news reporting, anchoring and news-gathering. After graduating from Alabama State University, she worked as a production assistant at the local NBC affiliate, WSFA-TV. As a News Director at WVAS-FM, Melanie leads her team to produce award- winning newscasts and talk shows. Her professional achievements includes News Reporter of the Year for a number of years and awards for talk show producer, by the Alabama Broadcasters Association and the Associated Press. She is an active member of the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce. Her goals are to expand the reach of WVAS FM into more homes locally, regionally and nationally.