[Medianews] Inside the FCC's audacious plan to blow up the cable box (The Verge)

http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/28/10858658/fcc-unlock-the-box-open-cable-plan All the answers are probably right By Nilay Patel FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler dropped a bomb on the cable television1 industry yesterday with his proposal to allow any manufacturer to create cable boxes that can access pa

[Medianews] Read the Memos to Fox Staff on Major Film, TV Cuts (Variety)

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/fox-cuts-memors-250-million-1201693884/ FEBRUARY 1, 2016 | 11:59AM PT On Monday, it was announced that 21st Century Fox is looking to reduce staff overhead by $250 million in 2016, initiating a voluntary buyout program for U.S. employees at the Fox Networks Gro

[Medianews] Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer to Unveil Cost-Cutting Plan (The Wall Street Journal)

http://www.wsj.com/articles/yahoos-mayer-to-unveil-cost-cutting-plan-1454342065?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoku6TBZKXonjHpfsX56%2BklW6S%2BlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4DSsNlI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQrXFMahm1LgOXRc%3D Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer to Unveil Cost-Cutting Plan (The Wall Street Journal) Plan is aimed at making the

[Medianews] Google Surpasses Apple as the Most Valuable Public Company in the World (Re/code)

http://recode.net/2016/02/01/google-surpasses-apple-as-the-most-valuable-public-company-in-the-world/?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoku6TBZKXonjHpfsX56%2BklW6S%2BlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4DSsNlI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQrXFMahm1LgOXRc%3D Google parent company Alphabet has taken away Apple's title as the most valuable

[Medianews] Comcast unveils DOCSIS 3.1-powered gigabit Internet service

SNL Kagan Comcast Corp. is planning to introduce a DOCSIS 3.1-powered gigabit Internet service to residential and business customers in Atlanta and Nashville, Tenn., in early 2016. Chicago, Detroit and Miami will get the DOCSIS 3.1-powered gigabit service in the second half of 2016, according

[Medianews] How February is a rip-off: Let us count the days (lol)

How February is a rip-off: Let us count the days PHIL ROSENTHAL - Chicago Tribune February is a rip-off. It’s a scam posing as a month. Your February passes, memberships, cable bill, rent, retainers — even in a leap year, such as 2016, when you get an extra day — routinely deliver l

[Medianews] EarthLink sells certain IT services assets

SNL Kagan EarthLink Holdings Corp. sold certain of its information technology service assets to IT managed services company Synoptek. The transaction impacts about 1,700 customers that are serviced through data centers and office locations in the continental U.S. and Canada, according to a Feb

[Medianews] Fox Eyes $250M in Cuts

http://www.multichannel.com/news/networks/fox-eyes-250m-cuts/397016 21st Century Fox is seeking to cut $250 million in expenses this year and is looking to employees for voluntary buyouts and greater cost efficiencies. In a memo to employees Monday, Fox Networks Group CEO Peter Rice said the c