Links 8/20/2014: Dodgers TV deal issue in Comcast-Time Warner deal; Uber opens up API

Dodgers TV Row Fuels Unease Over Comcast-Time Warner Deal (Bloomberg)

Employee metrics show how Comcast pushes customer service reps to make sales (The Verge)

Netflix CEO: ‘Don’t Give In To Big ISPs’ (Multichannel News)



Uber Opens API in Bid to Be Everywhere (Re/code)


Menlo, Benioff And More Pour $35M Into Flash Virtualization Startup PernixData (TechCrunch)


Fanatics, the Online Sports Retailer, Gets Executive-Level Overhaul
(Re/code)
Fanatics, based in Jacksonville, is majority owned by Michael Rubin's Kynetic LLC.

R programming language gaining ground on traditional statistics packages (PC World)

Philadelphia medical-device company cuts its workforce by 35%
(Philadelphia Business Journal)