Publications
The Center for Journalism & Liberty (CJL) at the Open Markets Institute submitted a detailed letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, advocating for decisive action to dismantle Google’s monopoly over online search and search text advertising.
Read MoreEU research fellow Claire Lavin published an op-ed calling for the EU and U.S. to coordinate in bringing Google to account for its monopolization of the adtech industry.
Read MoreOpen Markets Senior Fellow Cori Crider explains why now is the moment for the EU government to break up Google’s monopoly over digital advertising.
Read MoreSenior reporter Karina Montoya was a featured podcast guest brought to discuss the start of a significant antitrust trial against Google, focusing on its alleged monopoly in online advertising, with concerns about its negative impact on competition and journalism, highlighting the broader implications for tech regulation.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute and the Center for Journalism and Liberty released a statement on the partnership announced between Google and California Governor Gavin Newsom to provide financial support to California news publishers and to launch an “AI Accelerator."
Read MoreCJL director Courtney Radsch wrote an article emphasizing Google's need to pay news organizations for the media content it uses to fuel its lucrative and monopolistic search and ad businesses.
Read MoreIn this issue, we look at the BIOSECURE Act, and how it fails to address chokepoints and dangerous dependencies in the supply of vital drugs. We also look at the DOJ’s transformative victory in the Google search case.
Read MoreSenior reporter Karina Montoya offers a breakdown of the key points from the recent ruling of Judge Mehta in the trial against Google’s illegal online search and advertising monopoly.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Executive Director Barry Lynn and CJL director Courtney Radsch released statements after the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Google has violated the Sherman Act by illegally maintaining its monopoly in general online search and search text advertising.
Read MoreCenter for Journalism and Liberty at the Open Markets Institute Director Dr. Courtney Radsch a statement regarding the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal's decision that Google will face trial for using its monopoly control over the online advertising market to divert revenues from publishers.
Read MoreIn this issue, we examine whether comments made by the presiding judge in the Google Search trial indicate that the court may be considering structural remedies for the tech giant, such as divestment of certain business units.
Read MoreIn this issue, we explore what news publishers seeking to be paid by Google and Facebook for news can learn from broadcast media’s fight with cable providers in a previous era.
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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.
Read MoreCJL director Dr. Courtney Radsch’s was quoted from an article written for CalMatters, in which she attributed declining journalism revenues to digital advertising monopolies.
Read MoreCJL director Dr. Courtney Radsch’s testimony before the Canadian parliament was cited in an article on the Journal Preservation Act introduced in Illinois.
Read MoreCJL 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.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in Ohio v. Google, a case in which the State of Ohio seeks to designate Google as a common carrier under state law in order to stop Google from preferencing it’s own products and services.
Read MoreOMI Europe director Max von Thun was quoted saying that Big Tech companies like Amazon, Meta, and Google use cosmetic changes to circumvent Europe’s Digital Markets Act.
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