Report reveals deteriorating labor conditions at big US wireless carriers
Wage theft, security issues and health problems on the rise after AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile outsource retail stores, report finds
January 2022
Explainer: why are AT&T and Verizon delaying 5G near US airports?
The 5G fight: why US phone firms are at loggerheads with FAA over airline safety
August 2020
Family sues Verizon after worker who 'wasn't given any PPE' dies of Covid-19
Alfred Salvatore, a service technician, died after repeatedly sounding the alarm over lack of protections from his employer
June 2020
Facebook policy changes fail to quell advertiser revolt as Coca-Cola pulls ads
Verizon pulls ads from Facebook over inaction on hate speech
February 2020
Judge approves T-Mobile and Sprint merger, shrinking US mobile providers to three
Federal judge rejected arguments that T-Mobile’s $26.5bn takeover would mean less competition and higher phone bills
August 2019
Verizon sells Tumblr just two years after acquiring social network
Web services company Automattic, best known for running Wordpress.com, acquired Tumblr. Sale price was not disclosed, but reports have put it at under $3m
April 2019
US dismisses South Korea’s launch of world-first 5G network as ‘stunt’
Half a dozen celebrities were the first to experience the service, carriers say
January 2019
Future of digital journalism in question as BuzzFeed and HuffPost lay off 1,000
Job losses follow sales or cuts at Mic, Refinery29 and elsewhere, but publishing as a whole had already shrunk sharply
BuzzFeed to lay off 200 staff in latest round of cuts
Online publisher announces job losses to shore up finances as Verizon unveils plan to sack 800 workers
'It's union busting 101': documents reveal Verizon's attacks on organized labor
The US’s largest wireless provider encourages staff to use anti-union rhetoric and disparages previous unionization efforts
December 2018
Yahoo parent Verizon cuts value of media brands by $4.6bn
US telecom firm’s Oath, which includes Huffington Post and AOL, is now worth $200m
November 2018
'No other way to fight back': Philippines call center workers battle unfair quotas
Employees begin unionizing to fight systematic termination policies driven by tight competition for foreign clients
August 2018
Verizon under fire for 'throttling' firefighters' data in California blaze
Lawsuit argues the impaired emergency efforts show how loss of net neutrality protections can be deadly
May 2018
Eight women allege sexual harassment at XPO Logistics warehouse in Memphis
The current and former workers also claim they were retaliated against for filing the claims against nine supervisors
April 2018
Flickr bought by SmugMug as Yahoo breakup begins
Photo-sharing pioneer and web cultural beacon now part of independent, family-run firm
December 2017
21st Century Fox 'restarts talks' for possible sale to Walt Disney
Talks reportedly focus on film studio, cable channels, and networks such as India’s Star network and Sky in the UK
November 2017
Fairfax Media joint venture with HuffPost comes to an end
HuffPost says it will operate an Australia edition but the end of the joint venture leaves 30 local jobs in doubt
July 2017
Why the net neutrality protest matters
Companies such as Facebook, Google and Amazon will band together for a day of action against a threat to the open internet. So what’s the big deal?
