Lauren Feiner
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Stephanie Lacer, who was a former News Corp executive, who spoke pretty passionately about the issues that she had with Google's publisher side tools and feeling locked into their whole technology ecosystem, despite issues that she had with it. We've heard from former Google executives like a former Southside executive, Chris LaSalla.
We saw several documents from him and colleagues that kind of underscored Google's understanding that publishers were not So happy with the kind of fees that were charged for selling ad space through their technology. So yeah, we've heard from a whole range of different people across the industry, both inside and outside of Google.
We saw several documents from him and colleagues that kind of underscored Google's understanding that publishers were not So happy with the kind of fees that were charged for selling ad space through their technology. So yeah, we've heard from a whole range of different people across the industry, both inside and outside of Google.
We saw several documents from him and colleagues that kind of underscored Google's understanding that publishers were not So happy with the kind of fees that were charged for selling ad space through their technology. So yeah, we've heard from a whole range of different people across the industry, both inside and outside of Google.
And it seems like the government is trying to paint this picture that Google employees understood the kinds of pushback that they were getting, particularly from the publisher side and trying to show the kind of impact that Google's alleged monopoly power had on particularly the publishing industry.
And it seems like the government is trying to paint this picture that Google employees understood the kinds of pushback that they were getting, particularly from the publisher side and trying to show the kind of impact that Google's alleged monopoly power had on particularly the publishing industry.
And it seems like the government is trying to paint this picture that Google employees understood the kinds of pushback that they were getting, particularly from the publisher side and trying to show the kind of impact that Google's alleged monopoly power had on particularly the publishing industry.
There's a couple of acquisitions that are mentioned in this case, but I think really the most important one is Google's acquisition of DoubleClick, which kind of brought over the publisher ad server and helped Google build out its ad exchange.
There's a couple of acquisitions that are mentioned in this case, but I think really the most important one is Google's acquisition of DoubleClick, which kind of brought over the publisher ad server and helped Google build out its ad exchange.
There's a couple of acquisitions that are mentioned in this case, but I think really the most important one is Google's acquisition of DoubleClick, which kind of brought over the publisher ad server and helped Google build out its ad exchange.
And those are the two pieces of technology that the government is saying Google has illegally tied together to basically lock in customers and make it really difficult to switch to another ad. ad tech tool and just compound its dominance in the market.
And those are the two pieces of technology that the government is saying Google has illegally tied together to basically lock in customers and make it really difficult to switch to another ad. ad tech tool and just compound its dominance in the market.
And those are the two pieces of technology that the government is saying Google has illegally tied together to basically lock in customers and make it really difficult to switch to another ad. ad tech tool and just compound its dominance in the market.
The FTC did review this acquisition, but they ultimately decided to let it go through. And when that happens, I think to the general public, they might see that an agency lets an acquisition go through. It means they kind of put their stamp of approval on it. That's not entirely how it works.
The FTC did review this acquisition, but they ultimately decided to let it go through. And when that happens, I think to the general public, they might see that an agency lets an acquisition go through. It means they kind of put their stamp of approval on it. That's not entirely how it works.
The FTC did review this acquisition, but they ultimately decided to let it go through. And when that happens, I think to the general public, they might see that an agency lets an acquisition go through. It means they kind of put their stamp of approval on it. That's not entirely how it works.
If the FTC or the DOJ antitrust division lets an acquisition go through, it basically just means that they're choosing not to challenge it right now, but they always have the right to challenge it in the future. Of course, that could be more complicated for many reasons. And there's also the problem of, you know, it's difficult to unscramble the eggs. That's a common phrase in antitrust.
If the FTC or the DOJ antitrust division lets an acquisition go through, it basically just means that they're choosing not to challenge it right now, but they always have the right to challenge it in the future. Of course, that could be more complicated for many reasons. And there's also the problem of, you know, it's difficult to unscramble the eggs. That's a common phrase in antitrust.
If the FTC or the DOJ antitrust division lets an acquisition go through, it basically just means that they're choosing not to challenge it right now, but they always have the right to challenge it in the future. Of course, that could be more complicated for many reasons. And there's also the problem of, you know, it's difficult to unscramble the eggs. That's a common phrase in antitrust.
Once everything is mixed together,