In this issue, we describe the UK’s efforts to block the United Arab Emirates from pushing into the country’s media market, and ask whether this offers a model for how the U.S. can handle foreign investment of U.S. media assets.
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CJL director Dr. Courtney Radsch’s was quoted urging lawmakers to take action against Google’s undemocratic threats to shut off news access in California in the midst of an election year.
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Open Markets Europe director Max Von Thun was interviewed on “The Tech Brief” podcast, where he discussed how Europe can better approach competition policy and directed listeners to a recently published manifesto, which outlined how the European Union can put antimonopoly at the heart of its policy agenda.
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CJL director Dr. Courtney Radsch’s was quoted from an article written for CalMatters, in which she attributed declining journalism revenues to digital advertising monopolies.
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CJL director Dr. Courtney Radsch’s testimony before the Canadian parliament was cited in an article on the Journal Preservation Act introduced in Illinois.
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The Open Markets Institute and several civil society partners active in the European Union have published “Rebalancing Europe: A New Economic Agenda for Tackling Monopoly Power,” a new manifesto for the next European Commission and Parliament that sets out how policymakers should more effectively address monopoly power and control in Europe.
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Open Markets strategic counselor Caroline Fredrickson discusses the resilience of Biden and his administration in gaining achievements of positive reform in the Supreme Court, all with fewer advantages than Trump.
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Senior Reporter Karina Montoya shines a light on the destructive path Bezos and Amazon leave in their tracks by stealing ideas, squelching competition, and cheating on its taxes.
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Open Markets Institute has partnered with the media company Participant and partners, to cosponsor the Washington, DC premiere of the documentary film sequel, Food, Inc. 2, on April 9th, and an impact campaign to improve our food system by taking on corporate power and the harmful practices that power enables.
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OMI Europe director Max von Thun was quoted on Europe’s failure to check monopolization of the emerging AI space by Big Tech monopolies, illustrated by the partnership between Microsoft and Paris-based Mistral AI.ok.
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In this issue, we broaden the conversation past TikTok to the myriad ways tech platforms and their data-collection practices harm Americans.
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Senior legal director Daniel Hanley was quoted for commenting on the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Apple in reference to the coming hearing in a U.S. District Court in New Jersey, which falls within the purview of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Senior legal director Daniel Hanley was quoted for commenting on the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Apple in highlighting fairness for consumers.
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CJL Director Dr. Courtney Radsch discusses the EU’s recently published AI Act in efforts to resuscitate and instill legal and ethical standards for AI.
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CJL Director Dr. Courtney Radsch shines a light on the struggles journalism is facing as AI develops further.
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Open Markets’ chief economist Brian Callaci was quoted on an April wage hike for fast food workers in the state to $20 an hour.
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Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn responded to the Department of Justice’s landmark announcement, suing Apple for a wide range of unfair competition practices and its monopoly over smartphone markets and applications.
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CJL Director Courtney Radsch & Senior Reporter Karina Montoya delve into the infrastructural role of cloud in watchdog journalism to illustrate how market concentration in cloud services can exacerbate existing harms by dominant digital platforms on news media sustainability. They argue that the design of policies seeking to redress potential harms to competition in cloud services should consider its effects in public interest journalism.
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