Publications
The Verge's Nick Statt speaks with Open Markets Director of Enforcement Strategy Sally Hubbard about Amazon's deal with Apple to bring direct iPhone sales to its platform for the first time. Hubbard believes the Amazon-Apple deal could be a violation of antitrust laws that deal with anti-competitive conduct like price-fixing and illegal market allocation.
Read MoreOpen Markets makes "Quote of the Week" on the Chronicle of Higher Education highlighting its letter to the Department of Justice calling for the Antitrust Division to block the merger of textbook giants, Cengage and McGraw-Hill. “The textbook industry, once a robust market with a multitude of competing publishers, is now dominated by a handful of giants.”
Read MoreFast Company reporter Ainsley Harris tells the story of Senator Mark Warner, a former telecom investor and entrepreneur, sounding the alarm on China’s advancement—and Big Tech’s misconduct. She speaks with Open Markets Senior Fellow Matt Stoller as part of the feature, describing Stoller as "another voice agitating for policy makers to address Silicon Valley’s 'concentrations of capital' and perverse incentives."
Read MorePOLITICO's Steve Overly writes about Silicon Valley's antitrust troubles in Washington and the confluence of probes America's biggest tech companies are facing. He reports that enforcers "have met with Barry Lynn, executive director of the Open Markets Institute." He also interviews Lynn who argues that strong antitrust action can alter the digital business models that have given rise to issues like disinformation.
Read MoreOpen Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn is cited by AP reporters Mae Anderson and Tali Arbel about the implications of the T-Mobile/Sprint merger. “Americans across the country will likely pay higher prices for worse service in a wireless market dominated by AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile,” said Lynn. “The problem is especially bad for poor and rural customers.”
Read MoreReporters Elizabeth Dwoskin and Tony Romm report on former Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes' campaign to break up Facebook. Hughes has "become one of the company’s biggest problems," they report. They also wrote that lawmakers and regulators have also held meetings with other antitrust experts, according to those leaders, such as Barry Lynn from the Open Markets Institute.
Read MorePBS Newshour speaks to Open Markets Senior Fellow Matthew Stoller about the Federal Trade Commission's $5 billion settlement with Facebook. “There should be structural solutions to force competition into the social networking market,” Stoller said. “One of the angles for competition is privacy. They will compete to make a safer space to retain their user base.”
Read MoreYahoo Finance Associate Editor Katie Krzaczek reports on an interview of Open Markets Director of Enforcement Strategy Sally Hubbard by Yahoo Finance's YFI AM on the recent news that the Department of Justice is launching an antitrust review of big tech. Hubbard told Yahoo Finance’s YFI AM that “there is plenty there for enforcers to go after,” especially in its retail practices.
Read MoreOpen Markets Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan speaks to the AP's Barbara Ortutay and Rachel Lerman about Google as they report on Washington's growing antitrust scrutiny. In regards to Google's dominance, Google might argue it doesn't have an obligation to do business with its rivals at all — an argument that other companies have made when faced with similar challenges, said Vaheesan.
Read MoreMashable editor Stan Schroeder reports on Facebook facing trouble for its Libra currency proposal before it's launched. He cites the Open Markets Institute, Public Citizen, Demand Progress Education Fund, and Revolving Door Project urging members of the Libra Association (which includes Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, Coinbase, eBay, and others) to leave the project.
Read MoreAhead of the July 16 House Antitrust Subcommittee hearing featuring big tech, Open Markets Deputy Director Sarah Miller tells Bloomberg's David McLaughlin and Ben Brody that tech companies are harming entrepreneurs. “These companies were the darlings of most Democrats and now the dynamic has changed profoundly,” she said.
Read MoreThe National (AE) reports on Open Markets' latest brief on Facebook's Libra currency proposal. The brief, published in advance of the July 16 Senate Banking Committee hearing scrutinizing Libra, is "a stark warning to Congress, calling the social media giant's foray into digital banking 'a dangerous liability at home and abroad'."
Read MoreBusiness Insider reporter Linette Lopez asserts: "No, Facebook should not be allowed to have its own currency." In her piece, she cites Open Markets recent report warning against Facebook's proposal to launch Libra, a global digital currency. "I wouldn't let Facebook water my plants, let alone monitor my banking transactions," she writes.
Read MoreThe American Prospect's David Dayen previews a week of hearing scrutinizing big tech. He cites Open Markets Director of Enforcement Strategy Sally Hubbard who said that the subcommittee investigation itself, more than public hearings, will drive recommendations for reshaping tech platform markets.
Read MoreOpen Markets Director of Enforcement Strategy Sally Hubbard speaks with Bloomberg reporters Lucas Shaw and Mark Bergen about YouTube's dominance. She says of the video platform owned by Google, “If you’re looking into Google, it would be remiss not to look at YouTube. You’ve got monopolies upon monopolies.”
Read MoreOpen Markets Executive Director Barry C. Lynn Al Jazeera’s Ben Piven regarding Amazon’s Monopoly power.
Read MoreNYT's reporter Nellie Bowles looks into how the right and left have come together to break up big tech writing that "Conservatives are showing up at largely liberal conferences to call for breaking up Facebook and Google. Liberals are going on conservative TV shows to do the same." She talks to Open Markets Senior Fellow Matt Stoller about the shift. “I always knew we were aiming at different things,” Stoller said. “Now, we have some of the same goals.”
Read MoreHuffPost's Carla Herreria reports on how "Democrats in Congress are threatening to take action after the FTC reportedly voted on a $5 billion penalty for Facebook’s privacy violations." She reports on the critics of the fine, including citing Open Markets Director of Enforcement Strategy Sally Hubbard blasting the fine as "woefully insufficient," and how Facebook's stock valuation only rose with the news of the FTC settlement.
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