Publications
The Center for Journalism & Liberty at Open Markets submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law written testimony in response to the subcommittee’s January 10th hearing, “Oversight of AI: the Future of Journalism.”
Read MoreCJL Director Dr. Courtney Radsch highlights Big Tech’s celebrations for AI, and how it’s time to demand accountability for the harms tech has caused before they wreak further havoc.
Read MoreSenior legal analyst Daniel Hanley details why the rule of reason should be completely abandoned in favor of bright-line rules.
Read MoreIn this issue, we identify the real cause behind this year’s recent wave of layoffs and shutdown in journalism, which is the monopoly power of Google and Facebook.
Read MoreOpen Markets worked with civil society groups from Europe, the UK and the US to submit details and recommendations to the European Commission regarding Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI, as the Commission investigates the partnership on fair competition grounds.
Read MoreDirector of Europe and Transatlantic Partnerships Max von Thun urges Brussels to use its existing powers under competition law and the Digital Markets Act to challenge Big Tech’s growing influence over AI in this article.
Read MoreOpen Markets Europe Director Max von Thun released a statement regarding Amazon’s announcement it will no longer seek to acquire home robotics firm, iRobot.
Read MoreOMI Europe director Max von Thun quoted, commenting on how new European regulations aimed at forcing Apple to release its stranglehold over its App Store have only led Apple to issue new fees that reinforce its control.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Executive Director Barry Lynn released the following statement regarding the news that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will investigate partnerships between dominant tech giants and artificial intelligence companies, including Microsoft and OpenAI, Amazon and Anthropic, and Google and Anthropic.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in two cases currently before the Supreme Court concerning states’ ability to regulate certain companies in the public interest, or as “common carriers”: Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v Paxton.
Read MoreCJL Director Dr. Courtney Radsch discusses new legislation in California that may allow for newsroom advantages over Big Tech.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute was listed among the groups that have signed onto a letter opposing Koch Industries’ purchase of OCI Global’s Iowa Fertilizer Company for $3.6 billion, which would further consolidate the industry and damage competition and prices
Read MorePolicy Director Phillip Longman highlights the need for price regulation in the airline industry alongside the milestone decision by a federal judge to block JetBlue’s acquisition of Spirit Airlines.
Read MoreIn this issue, we preview what to expect from the antimonopoly movement in 2024, predicting more aggressive actions against mergers and a deflation of the AI hype.
Read MorePolicy Director Phillip Longman publishes a featured piece largely based on a pivotal report published by Longman/Open Markets and the Center for Journalism & Liberty at Open Markets on how the breakdown of journalism's business model is not the result of inherent features of the internet or of digital technology.
Read MoreMarketplace quoted Open Markets’ food systems policy director Claire Kelloway on how the proposed merger between grocery store giants Kroger and Albertsons would increase the company’s negotiating power with brands.
Read MoreLegal director Sandeep Vaheesan discusses about a new book that shows how Uber was a symbol of a neoliberal philosophy that neglected public funding and regulation in favor of rule by private corporations.
Read MoreReporter Austin Ahlman explains the battle between station ownership and the few remaining opportunities to reinstate regulatory practices on broadcasting companies by the FCC.
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