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November 3, 2016

Thursday News: ebooks v. games, DOJ sues DirecTV, Facebook’s growth, and Bono as ‘woman of the year’

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / antitrust / ATT / DirecTV / Ebooks / Facebook / games / Paypal / Women of the YearComments Off on Thursday News: ebooks v. games, DOJ sues DirecTV, Facebook’s growth, and Bono as ‘woman of the year’

Paypal’s New eBook Report: Consumers Are More Willing to Pay for eBooks Than Video Games – Nate Hoffelder’s take on a new report from Paypal that looks at international ebook and game buying patterns. Beyond the not-really-news that Amazon still leads in the sale of ebooks (surprise!), it seems that games ... more >

October 24, 2016

Monday News: AT&T gobbles up Time Warner, dogs of Venice, and “sometimes it’s hard to be a woman”*

JanetPublishing NewsAdvertising / ATT / diet industry / dogs / menstruation / photography / Time Warner3 Comments

AT&T and Time Warner reveal merger to create ISP, TV, and media giant – So AT&T is plunking down a mere $85.4 billion in cash and stock for Time Warner. The media company has a bit of debt, so AT&T will effectively be paying almost $109 billion for the opportunity to ... more >

September 30, 2016

Friday News: Yahoo hack, NBF’s 5 Under 35, Library of a Lifetime contest, and DA wins the Golden Apple

JanetPublishing NewsATT / debut authors / Golden Apple Award / National Book Foundation / online security / readers contest / Yahoo11 Comments

Yahoo hack: It’s not just Verizon. AT&T should be worried too – Out of what is being called “the biggest hack ever,” (500 million accounts!) the interconnected nature of Internet companies is also being revealed. And for some AT&T customers, it seems particular unfair, because they don’t even have Yahoo email ... more >

October 13, 2015

Tuesday News: Pantyhose, publishing boycott, tethering (or not), and world literature

JanetPublishing NewsATT / book festival / boycott / classic fiction / data / gender / genre fiction / hosiery / tethering / world literature4 Comments

The Politics of Pantyhose – Aside from the author’s sometimes eye-rolling attempts at a clever turn of phrase, there are some interesting points made about the historical uses, impositions, and transitions of hosiery, first from male to female dress, and then in the shifts from utility to luxury to wardrobe policing (for modesty, ... more >

August 18, 2015

Tuesday News: Online spying, speech, censorship, and piracy

JanetPublishing NewsATT / censorship / defamation / domestic surveillance / email / First-Amendment / national security / NSA / piracy / social privilege / speech rights6 Comments

What We Know About the NSA and AT&T’s Spying Pact – We talk about mergers like the AT&T + DirectTV deal from an anti-trust standpoint, but new information about AT&T’s “highly collaborative” relationship with the NSA provides a new level of concern about the consolidation of companies with control over a ... more >

May 11, 2015

Monday News: Netflix objects to AT&T deal, relocating stories, Amazon publishing’s growth, and Yahoo sues ex-employee over book

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / anti-trust / ATT / confidentiality / DirectTV / ereaders / FCC / GPS / lawsuit / Netflix / publishing / Yahoo9 Comments

Why Netflix Wants The AT&T/DirecTV Merger Killed – With the AT&T – DirectTV merger moving closer to reality, Netflix has filed a brief with the FCC, claiming that if it succeeds, the merger will give AT&T too much power over its competition (i.e. Netflix), and, more important, that AT&T will ... more >

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