Mediagazer: How Apple's assertive negotiating style alienated cable providers and networks, and hurt its efforts to revolutionize the TV industry (Wall Street Journal)

8:25 PM ET, July 28, 2016

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How Apple's assertive negotiating style alienated cable providers and networks, and hurt its efforts to revolutionize the TV industry — In search of its new big thing, the company has alienated cable providers and networks with an assertive negotiating style; ‘time is on my side’

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