---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190213140702.GA22187@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:07:02 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: BuzzFeed journalists decide to unionize BuzzFeed Inc.'s journalists, reeling from a round of layoffs, have decided to unionize, organizers announced Tuesday, demanding that their employer recognize the union immediately. About 90% of workers supported the decision to join NewsGuild, a labor union that's part of the Communications Workers of America, BuzzFeed News reporter Salvador Hernandez said on Twitter. https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-buzzfeed-union-20190212-story.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190213134733.GA21893@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 13:47:33 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Texas mulls outlawing 911 throttling after Cali wildfire fiasco Go big (with our bandwidth) or go home, Verizon: Texas mulls outlawing 911 throttling after Cali wildfire fiasco. Public safety versus profit By Kieren McCarthy A law proposed in Texas would make it illegal for mobile networks in the US state to throttle internet connectivity during an emergency. The two-paragraph H.B. 1426 is a response to Verizon's controversial slowing down of wireless broadband of California firefighters last summer where, in the midst of the state's worst-ever wildfire, the fire department found its previously "unlimited" data plan slowed to a crawl. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/13/texas_emergency_911_throttling_ban/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190213140142.GA22031@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:01:42 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Publishers Weigh In On Apple's Terms In New Subscription Service Publishers Weigh In On Apple's Terms In New Subscription Service: 'A Shitty Deal' A new Spotify-style magazine service has media executives calling Apple 'greedy' By Garett Sloane Apple's upcoming Spotify-style magazine subscription service, an offering with all-you-can eat access to dozens of publishers, will only pay the media partners 50 percent of the revenue, according to two senior publishing executives from different companies with knowledge of the deal. Apple plans to take half of the proceeds from $10 monthly subscriptions to the magazine service, leaving publishers to split the rest based on how many people read their stories. "It's a shitty deal," said one publishing executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "It seems greedy." https://adage.com/article/digital/greedy-apple-half-publishing-subscription-sales/316619/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 14 Feb 2019