Wall Street Journal
Spotify’s $1 Billion Podcast Bet Turns Into a Serial Drama (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 09/06/2023 - 06:41Messi Drives Jump in Apple TV+ and MLS Subscriptions (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 09/06/2023 - 06:40The $53,000 Connection: The High Cost of High-Speed Internet for Everyone
The cost of connecting Nebraska’s Winnebago Tribe reservation with fiber-optic cable could average $53,000 for each household and workplace connected. That amount exceeds the assessed value of some of the homes getting hookups, property records show.
The Real Story of Musk’s Twitter Takeover (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Thu, 08/31/2023 - 11:09Train Wi-Fi Can Be Terrible. Operators Are Looking High and Low for Solutions. (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 08/31/2023 - 06:35Why Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile Want to Access Your Bank Account (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 12:55Private Equity Borrows Billions to Bring You Broadband Internet
Wall Street is churning out billions of dollars in complex bonds to bankroll construction of broadband fiber-optic networks, part of a nationwide push to widen high-speed internet access. Telecommunications companies have already sold more than triple the number of so-called fiber bonds they borrowed in all of 2022.