Google/Facebook Antitrust Lawsuit Interview REPLAY
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Special thanks to Lee Wolverton, vice president of news and executive editor at HD Media Co., LLC — the plaintiff in the federal antitrust lawsuit filed against Google & Facebook, along with Paul T. Farrell Jr. of Farrell & Fuller LLC and Bob Fitzsimmons of Fitzsimmons Law Firm PLLC — two of the firms bringing the suit, for speaking with us at today’s webinar.
Watch the replay to learn more about the history and source of the litigation, recent trends in digital advertising, the argument against Facebook and Google’s dominance of the digital advertising marketplace, in addition to a vision for the future: an independent digital newsstand for local newspapers.
Resources
- To get involved in case: email: clayton at fitzsimmonsfirm.com
- Congressional Research Service – The Google Antitrust Lawsuit: Initial Observations, October 23, 2020
- Congressional Report, Subcommittee on Antitrust, 2020
- University of North Carolina study on News Deserts
- EU litigation coverage from Daily Mail
- Coverage of the case by Forbes
Many more resources can be found at the Pew Reasearch Center.
Chapters
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:13 Paul Farrell: History of the litigation
- 19:48 Lee Wolverton: A Publisher’s Perspective
- 26:18 Q&A: How other publishers get involved; time horizon for the case
- 39:46 Vision for an independent digital newsstand
- 50:01 Damages sought and resetting the model
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