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Lauren Feiner

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
457 total appearances

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Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

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.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

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.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

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.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

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.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

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.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

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.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

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.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

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.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

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.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

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.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

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.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

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.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

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.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

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.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

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.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

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.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

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.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

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.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

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.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

Once everything is mixed together,