Posts tagged January 2021
The Open Markets Institute, the Authors Guild, and Six Writers Groups Urge Biden Administration to Block Bertelsmann Takeover of Simon & Schuster
The Open Markets Institute, the Authors Guild, and Six Writers Groups Urge Biden Administration to Block Bertelsmann Takeover of Simon & Schuster

The Open Markets Institute, the Authors Guild, and six other writers associations representing thousands of book authors call on the Justice Department to move immediately to block the private conglomerate, Bertelsmann, from buying the book publisher, Simon & Schuster.

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Press ReleasesOpen MarketsPrimary Feature, January 2021, 2021, Books, Amazon, Free Press, Mergers & Acquisitions
Common Dreams - The FCC Seeks to Hinder Female and Minority Broadcast Ownership for Policies Favoring Concentrated Corporate Ownership
Common Dreams - The FCC Seeks to Hinder Female and Minority Broadcast Ownership for Policies Favoring Concentrated Corporate Ownership

Daniel Hanley, policy analyst at the Open Markets Institute, and Beth Brodsky, former Louis Brandeis Law and Political Economy Fellow at the Open Markets Institute, write in Common Dreams showing that the FCC’s push to restructure America’s broadcast communication ownership would be a crushing blow to the already deficient levels of female and minority ownership in the broadcast industry.

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Op-EdsDaniel HanleyPrimary Feature, Daniel Hanley, January 2021, 2021, Racial Equity, FCC
In Bullying Australians, Google and Facebook Prove they Pose A Fundamental Threat to the World's Democracies
In Bullying Australians, Google and Facebook Prove they Pose A Fundamental Threat to the World's Democracies

Open Markets Institute asserts that Google’s threat to stop providing search services to the people of Australia, and Facebook’s threat to block Australians from sharing links to news proves the platforms pose a fundamental threat to the world’s democracies.

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Press ReleasesOpen Markets2021, January 2021, Big Tech, Google, Facebook, Secondary Feature, Democracy & Ideology
To Protect Democratic Rule of Law, Privacy, and Public Health, the Biden Administration Should Immediately Move to Block Google Takeover of Fitbit
To Protect Democratic Rule of Law, Privacy, and Public Health, the Biden Administration Should Immediately Move to Block Google Takeover of Fitbit

Open Markets Institute calls on the Biden Administration to immediately make clear that it intends to block Google's acquisition of FitBit in order to protect Americans and to demonstrate that it will not abide further disrespect by Google of democratic rule of law.

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Press ReleasesOpen Markets2021, January 2021, Big Tech, Google, Democracy & Ideology, Mergers & Acquisitions