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91: N Isn't for Netscape
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91: N Isn't for Netscape

What happens when a tech giant buys the company that makes a product you like? Also: Ugly labor issues in tech and journalism, Apple plans a services event, Samsung readies new phones including one that folds, and Amazon ditches NYCHQ2.

Download · Jason Snell and Stephen Hackett

February 14, 20191h 1m

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Show Notes

What happens when a tech giant buys the company that makes a product you like? Also: Ugly labor issues in tech and journalism, Apple plans a services event, Samsung readies new phones including one that folds, and Amazon ditches NYCHQ2.

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Guest Starring:

Lisa Schmeiser

Links and Show Notes:

Apple Event Planned For March 25 Around A News Subscription Product
Apple Invites Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon to Video Launch - Bloomberg
Publishers Chafe at Apple’s Terms for Subscription News Service - WSJ
The logic behind Apple’s give-us-half-your-revenue pitch to news publishers - Recode
Samsung Galaxy S10 and foldable phone will feature at Samsung Unpacked - Business Insider
You'll Have to Mark Your Drone With an ID Under Anti-Terror Rule - Bloomberg
Amazon is buying mesh router company Eero - The Verge
Why Amazon buying Eero feels so disappointing - The Verge
Google, Amazon Want More Data From Your Home – Bloomberg
The Fallout Of Activision Blizzard’s Massive Layoffs
‘Not All Fun and Memes’: BuzzFeed News Employees Plan to Form a Union - The New York Times
An open letter to Los Angeles Times management about its intellectual property proposals — L.A. Times Guild - Los Angeles Times Guild
Apple ‘Black Site’ Gives Contractors Few Perks, Little Security - Bloomberg
Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus - The New York Times
News Victoria dog beagle and baby possum unlikely friendship animals
Lisa Schmeiser (@lschmeiser) | Twitter