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

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