Wall Street Journal
Disney+, HBO Max and Other Streamers Get Waves of Subscribers From Must-See Content. Keeping Them is Hard. (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 01/31/2022 - 06:43How the FTC Is Reshaping the Antitrust Argument Against Tech Giants (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 01/30/2022 - 08:24Editorial: Gigi Sohn’s Business Model (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 01/30/2022 - 08:22Confused by Your Home or Mobile Internet Costs? Help Is on the Way (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 01/28/2022 - 06:28Microsoft Should Play Antitrust Game Well (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 01/27/2022 - 17:06Comcast’s Broadband Growth Slows While Pandemic-Hit NBCUniversal Rebounds
Comcast said it added fewer broadband customers than in recent quarters, a slowdown that comes after record growth during the height of the coronavirus lockdowns. Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said the company's Peacock streaming service and its broadband business were two of Comcast’s top priorities for the year ahead. The company added 212,000 broadband subscribers in the fourth quarter 2022, down 61 percent from the same quarter in 2021. Its cellphone business, Xfinity Mobile, added 312,000 customers, while Comcast’s pay-TV business continued to shrink, losing 373,000 subscribers.
Verizon’s TracFone Customers Complain of Attackers Stealing Their Phone Numbers
Attackers have commandeered thousands of TracFone customers’ phone numbers in recent weeks, forcing new owner Verizon Communications to improve safeguards less than two months after it took over the prepaid wireless provider. TracFone offers prepaid wireless service under several brands—including Straight Talk, Total Wireless, and its namesake brand.
Verizon Confident 5G Concerns in Aviation Will Be Resolved (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 01/26/2022 - 06:44Facebook Promised Poor Countries Free Internet. People Got Charged Anyway.
Facebook says it’s helping millions of the world’s poorest people get online through apps and services that allow them to use the internet data-free. Internal company documents show that many of these people end up being charged in amounts that collectively add up to an estimated millions of dollars a month. To attract new users, Facebook made deals with cellular carriers in countries including Pakistan, Indonesia and the Philippines to let low-income people use a limited version of Facebook and browse some other websites without data charges.