Marketplace Tech for Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Jun 23, 2015

Marketplace Tech for Tuesday, June 23, 2015

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Airing on Tuesday, June 23, 2015: First up, we'll talk to Lindsey Turrentine, CNET, about Instacart reclassifying some of its workers as employees. Then, Peter Wayner, author and programmer, joins us to talk about Amazon’s new pay-per-page structure for self-publishers and what it means for writers and readers. And Bernadette Rabuy, Prison Policy Initiative, tells us about video visitation in jails, the second segment in our “Jailbreak” series.

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Video visitations gain popularity in prison system

Jun 23, 2015
But is it a suitable replacement for in-person visits?

Airing on Tuesday, June 23, 2015: First up, we’ll talk to Lindsey Turrentine, CNET, about Instacart reclassifying some of its workers as employees. Then, Peter Wayner, author and programmer, joins us to talk about Amazon’s new pay-per-page structure for self-publishers and what it means for writers and readers. And Bernadette Rabuy, Prison Policy Initiative, tells us about video visitation in jails, the second segment in our “Jailbreak” series.

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