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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Podcasts is gone — and YouTube Music can’t replace it  The Verge Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Podcasts Shutting Down, Content Producers Urged To Migrate To YouTube Music  Deadline Source link

The entire YouTube Music team is out of a job after going on strike last year. Some of the workers were lobbying for support for their union at an Austin City Council meeting. A Google spokesperson said the move was a regular contract termination. The entire YouTube Music team is out of a job as tensions rise at Google parent company, Alphabet. The Alphabet Workers Union, which represents workers at Google’s parent company, Alphabet, said Google laid off the YouTube Music team on Friday. Some of… Source link

A union representing contractors for YouTube Music claims that Google cut the workers’ contract after they went on a prolonged strike.  The Alphabet Workers Union-CWA, which represents the contractors, said the team consisted of moderators employed by Google contractor Cognizant in Austin, Texas, that was responsible for approving music content for YouTube Music. In a statement emailed to The Verge, Google spokesperson Courtenay Mencini maintained the decision to cut the team did not lie… Source link

The National Labor Relations Board ruled that Google’s refusal to bargain with a group of unionized YouTube Music contractors is illegal. The three-member panel decided that despite denials by Google, which owns YouTube Music, and its subcontractor Cognizant, the two are, in fact, joint employers of the Austin-based workers who perform data-related tasks, like finding errors in its charts algorithm.  “At all material times, Respondents Cognizant and Google have codetermined the essential… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]How YouTube is helping Filipino schoolchildren discover a love for music  The Keyword | Google Product and Technology News Source link