Media Bits and Bytes – October 3, 2023
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Big Tech is on the spot
Big Tech is on the spot
Big Tech is on the spot
What Might Finally Resolve the Hollywood Strikes
The American Prospect
The unions raised the need for antitrust enforcement, and the Biden administration’s top antitrust cops paid attention. The one-two punch of simultaneous WGA and SAG strikes, for the first time in 60 years, has stalled out virtually all productions.
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Going Against Big Tech’s Anti-Union Grain, Microsoft Is Making Good on Its Promise of “Neutrality”
QUARTZ
If the unionization vote passes, it’ll be a landmark win for more than one reason: It would create the largest video game industry union in the United States, and the first official U.S. union under Microsoft.
The Week Corporate Power Started To Dissipate
The American Prospect
Aggressive antitrust enforcement is starting to notch some victories.
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