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Why You Should Cut Cable—and What You’ll Miss (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 02/14/2018 - 12:49John Malone’s Liberty Global looks best positioned as cable and wireless companies start talking deals again in Europe (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 02/13/2018 - 06:23Fox Offers to Insulate Sky News to Mollify British Regulators (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 02/13/2018 - 06:22Brace Yourself for Higher Cellphone Bills in 2018
Cheap wireless plans might be harder to find in 2018. The two most aggressive US wireless carriers, Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc, are signaling they will scale back discounting this year after a failed attempt to combine their businesses. Sprint, the No. 4 carrier by subscribers, said that it would only chase new customers it considers profitable. No.
Who Is Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, the New Owner of the LA Times? (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 02/08/2018 - 06:22AT&T Plans IPO for Its Latin American TV Business (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 02/08/2018 - 06:19How YouTube Drives People to the Internet’s Darkest Corners
YouTube is the new television, with more than 1.5 billion users, and videos the site recommends have the power to influence viewpoints around the world. Those recommendations often present divisive, misleading or false content despite changes the site has recently made to highlight more-neutral fare. People cumulatively watch more than a billion YouTube hours daily world-wide, a 10-fold increase from 2012, the site says. Behind that growth is an algorithm that creates personalized playlists.