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May 21 2024
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ProPublica’s new “50 states” commitment builds on a decade-plus of local news partnerships
The internet likes winners. It may let a thousand flowers bloom — but usually, only one or two of those flowers ends up dominating the ecosystem. Think Amazon in retail, Google in search, or Meta in social media: While the web can theoretically fuel intense competition, it more often tends toward singular market powers and functional monopolies. Call it a power law distribution or call it
Nieman LabMay 21 2024
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Fully Dressed: Justin Timberlake adds tour stop
Justin Timberlake added more dates to his 2024 tour, including a Nov. 25 stop in New Orleans. (Axios) • Kirk Franklin also announced a tour with an Oct. 13 stop here. (Live Nation) The new "Ashley Madison" documentary on Netflix features the story of a New Orleans pastor who died by suicide after the dating website for adulterers was hacked and its users' information leaked. (Gulf Live) New
AxiosSep 13 2023
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Google Antitrust Lawsuit: DOJ Claims Internet Giant Uses 'Feedback Loop' of Payoffs to Maintain Monopoly Power
The Department of Justice, along with a coalition of state attorneys general, has initiated a groundbreaking antitrust trial against tech giant Google, accusing the company of maintaining a monopoly in the search engine market through strategic barriers and “feedback loops” of paying device makers to defend its power. CNBC reports that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and a coalition of state
Breitbart NewsSep 12 2023
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Google antitrust trial: DOJ claims tech giant pays over $10B yearly to keep search monopoly
The US Justice Department’s epic trial against Google kicked off on Tuesday with the DOJ claiming that the tech giant “pays more than $10 billion per year” to companies including Apple to protect the dominance of its ubiquitous search engine. “This feedback loop, this wheel, has been turning for more than 12 years,” the DOJ’s lead attorney Kenneth Dintzer said during opening statements in a
New York Post (News)Jul 09 2021
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These 7 markets will be the target of Biden’s new anti-monopoly executive order
President Biden will sign an executive order Friday afternoon that takes aim at what the White House describes as the growing problem of corporate consolidation in U.S. and the higher prices, lower wages and reduced choice it imposes on workers and consumers.
The move is the latest salvo in a deepening war between the federal and state governments and big business over monopoly power
MarketWatchJul 01 2021
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Wisconsin’s Governor Puts the Public-School Monopoly before Families
Recently, Wisconsin governor Tony Evers vetoed a bill that would have expanded access to a statewide school-choice program that funds students instead of systems. The governor’s veto protects the K–12 public-school monopoly at the expense of families — and it comes at the tail end of a year in which the public sector repeatedly failed to provide students with adequate in-person services.
National Review (News)Sep 16 2020
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Senate Panel Not Impressed With Google Exec’s Evasiveness on Monopoly Issues
A top Google executive was confronted repeatedly Tuesday by Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s anti-trust subcommittee regarding the tech giant’s monopolistic dominance of the digital advertising market.
Don Harrison, Google’s President for Global Partnerships and Corporate Development, told the panel his company is helping boost profits for businesses that
The Epoch TimesMay 09 2024
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“237 Virginia Avenue”: A housing crisis 400 years in the making
In playwright David Myers’ “237 Virginia Avenue,” a father and son play a not-always friendly, increasingly freighted game of Monopoly. When Rex asks son Eric, an adjunct professor, what he’s at work on, Eric says he’s writing about “Debt. History. Property.” To which Rex interjects, “Sexy. Sounds like a real bestseller,” with no small measure of sarcasm. The dice roll. The pair’s prickly
The Denver PostMay 07 2024
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States can help universities by using accreditor flexibility, former Dept. of Ed. official says
But accreditor says its members have a voice and it does not interfere Southern states should update their laws to provide flexibility for higher education institutions to choose new accreditors, according to a former Department of Education official. Adam Kissel, a senior fellow at the Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy, said states such as Florida need to revise their requirements
The College FixMay 02 2024
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Judge Grills U.S. and Google on Antitrust Claims
The judge overseeing a landmark U.S. antitrust challenge to Google tried to poke holes in both sides’ cases during closing arguments Thursday, as he weighs a ruling that could reshape the technology industry.
Judge Amit P. Mehta was presiding over the first day of closing arguments in the most consequential tech antitrust case since the U.S. government sued Microsoft in the late 1990s.
New York Times (News)