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Financial Times: Facebook seeks right formula as it courts dating market
Financial Times: Facebook seeks right formula as it courts dating market

Kevin Carty was quoted in Financial Times, speaking about Facebook’s social dominance and there ‘head start’ over any other entrant into the [dating] market.

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ClippingsOpen MarketsMay 8, 2018May 2018, 2018, Facebook
New York Times: Amazon vs. Barnes & Noble
New York Times: Amazon vs. Barnes & Noble

David Leonhardt recommended Lina Khan’s Yale Law Review Article, 2017 Times op-ed, and OMI’s letter on Amazon’s business practices in his article.

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ClippingsOpen MarketsMay 7, 2018May 2018, 2018, Amazon
Open Markets, Authors United Letter to DoJ Regarding Amazon
Open Markets, Authors United Letter to DoJ Regarding Amazon

"Amazon has used the digital revolution in book publishing to exercise control over the marketplace of ideas in ways that threaten not merely open markets but free speech."

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Testimony & Comment LettersOpen MarketsMay 6, 2018Amazon, May 2018, 2018
The Corner Newsletter, May 3, 2018: The Coming FTC-FB Clash — House Democrats & Worker Power — DOJ Clearing "Legacy" Decrees
The Corner Newsletter, May 3, 2018: The Coming FTC-FB Clash — House Democrats & Worker Power — DOJ Clearing "Legacy" Decrees

In this issue of The Corner, we explore the coming clash between the FTC and Facebook, look at the ways that House Democrats are changing their party's understanding of labor markets and power, and highlight how antitrust regulators are rethinking when and how to use consent decrees.

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NewslettersOpen MarketsMay 3, 20182018, May 2018
Bloomberg BNA: Facebook Debacle Seen as Opening for ‘Big Data’ Crackdown
Bloomberg BNA: Facebook Debacle Seen as Opening for ‘Big Data’ Crackdown

Matt Stoller was quoted in Bloomberg BNA speaking about the rare opportunity for change at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with a new set of commissioners.

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ClippingsOpen MarketsApril 28, 2018April 2018, 2018, Facebook
“Venality” Must Have Consequences: The FTC Must Act To Protect Democracy From Facebook’s Power
“Venality” Must Have Consequences: The FTC Must Act To Protect Democracy From Facebook’s Power

On Facebook's earnings call last night, CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrated the corporation’s enormous profits and fast-growing advertising business.

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Press ReleasesOpen MarketsApril 26, 20182018, April 2018, Facebook
Public Comments Submitted by the Open Markets Institute for the Antitrust Division’s Roundtable on Antitrust Consent Decrees
Public Comments Submitted by the Open Markets Institute for the Antitrust Division’s Roundtable on Antitrust Consent Decrees

Read the Open Markets Institute's public comments to the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division for the agency's roundtable on antitrust consent decrees.

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StatementsOpen MarketsApril 26, 20182018, April 2018
Inside Philanthropy: Amid Rising Alarms About Big Tech, What Is Philanthropy's Role?
Inside Philanthropy: Amid Rising Alarms About Big Tech, What Is Philanthropy's Role?

Barry Lynn discussed the major role philanthropy could play in standing up to Big Tech.

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ClippingsOpen MarketsApril 23, 2018April 2018, 2018, Facebook, Barry Lynn
Financial Times: Art imitates life in the digital age
Financial Times: Art imitates life in the digital age

After attending University of Chicago’s antitrust and competition conference, Rana Foroohar cited Lina Khan’s Yale paper on Amazon as a “must read.”

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ClippingsOpen MarketsApril 23, 2018April 2018, 2018, Amazon
New York Times: A Time for Big Economic Ideas
New York Times: A Time for Big Economic Ideas

NY Times points to Open Markets Institute's strategy of addressing corporate power and consolidation as a potential solution to addressing wage stagnation.

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ClippingsOpen MarketsApril 22, 2018April 2018, 2018, Labor
The Corner Newsletter, April 20, 2018: Beginning of End for FB? — The Collapse of Car Dealerships
The Corner Newsletter, April 20, 2018: Beginning of End for FB? — The Collapse of Car Dealerships

In this issue of The Corner, we look at how the Zuckerberg hearings on the Hill may prove the beginning of the end for Facebook, and dig into the real reason for the escalating collapse of America’s independent car dealerships.

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NewslettersOpen MarketsApril 20, 20182018, April 2018
MPR News: Why are we seeing so many mergers and acquisitions in 2018?
MPR News: Why are we seeing so many mergers and acquisitions in 2018?

Lina Khan spoke with MPR news host Chris Farrell about antitrust laws and the large number of M&A's in 2018.

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ClippingsOpen MarketsApril 18, 2018April 2018, 2018, Mergers & Acquisitions
Five Myths About VA Healthcare
Five Myths About VA Healthcare

Philip Longman published "Five Myths About VA Healthcare," which dispels misconceptions about the Veteran Administration's delivery of care.

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Op-EdsPhil LongmanApril 17, 20182018, April 2018, Phil Longman
The American Conservative: The Tech Giants Must Be Stopped
The American Conservative: The Tech Giants Must Be Stopped

Reporter William A. Nitze of The American Conservative reports on why tech giants must be stopped.

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ClippingsOpen MarketsApril 16, 2018April 2018, 2018
Against the Cult of Competition
Against the Cult of Competition

In the Law and Political Economy Blog, Sandeep Vaheesan writes how competition is deficient as a general social organizing principle and should be promoted selectively, not categorically.

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Op-EdsSandeep VaheesanApril 11, 20182018, April 2018, Competition Law & Philosophy, Labor, Sandeep Vaheesan
Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook hearing was an utter sham
Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook hearing was an utter sham

In The Guardian, Open Markets' Board Member Zephyr Teachout writes that now that the initial show trial is done, we need the real deal.

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Op-EdsOpen MarketsApril 11, 20182018, April 2018, Facebook
Facebook Can’t Be Fixed, It Needs To Be Broken Up
Facebook Can’t Be Fixed, It Needs To Be Broken Up

In The Daily Beat, Sarah Miller writes about Facebook as a monopoly whose business model is surveillance and manipulation of users and how regulation alone won’t change that.

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Op-EdsOpen MarketsApril 10, 20182018, April 2018, Facebook
The Corner Newsletter, April 5, 2018: Trump's Amazon Attack–The High Cost of Healthcare Concentration–Who Really Owns FB Data?
The Corner Newsletter, April 5, 2018: Trump's Amazon Attack–The High Cost of Healthcare Concentration–Who Really Owns FB Data?

In this issue of The Corner, we address Trump’s attacks on Amazon, highlight an important new study that shows medical costs are higher in concentrated markets, and look at who really owns the data that Facebook collects.

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NewslettersOpen MarketsApril 5, 20182018, April 2018
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