A look at the bidding war for Alex Jones' Infowars and its parent company Free Speech Systems, where some would-be-buyers just want to bury it (Tovia Smith/NPR)

Mediagazer: A look at the bidding war for Alex Jones' Infowars and its parent company Free Speech Systems, where some would-be-buyers just want to bury it (Tovia Smith/NPR)

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The Hollywood Reporter:

Paramount's Shari Redstone backs CBS co-host Tony Dokoupil after execs criticized his work and says she lacks editorial control but “something needs to be done”— The mogul, who cut a deal to sell Paramount — including CBS — to Skydance earlier this year, weighed in on the topic on Wednesday.
Discussion: Fox News, CNN, New York Times, @dylanbyers, UnHerd, New York Post, @benmullin, Associated Press, @brianstelter, @claytravis, JNS.org, @hadas_gold, @brianstelter, @benmullin, Newser, @hadas_gold, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, @hadas_gold, Washington Post, Jacobin, Axios, Twitchy, Washington Post, Adweek, Los Angeles Times, Jewish Insider, Wall Street Journal, Newsbusters, Deadline, @coreypein.bsky.social, The Wrap, HotAir, TVNewsCheck, The Free Press, The New Arab, Breitbart, Wall Street Journal, Bossip, Media Nation and The Root

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Fox News: CBS latest news outlet to face revolt from far-left staff after meltdown over contentious Israel interview

Hadas Gold /
CNN: Shari Redstone says CBS leaders made ‘bad mistake’ with handling of Ta-Nehisi Coates interview fallout

Dylan Byers /
@dylanbyers: NEW: Paramount co-chief and CBS C.E.O. George Cheeks stands behind the CBS News leadership and its handling of the Tony Doukopil matter, despite frustrations of Paramount chair Shari Redstone > [image]

Ashley Rindsberg /
UnHerd: CBS Ta-Nehisi Coates fallout shows why legacy media is dying

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: Packed house for @sarafischer's panel with Shari Redstone. Redstone said CBS made a mistake in the way it handled the aftermath of Tony Dokoupil's interview. “I frankly think Tony did a great job with that interview.”

David Bauder /
Associated Press: Head of CBS parent says ‘a mistake’ to rebuke host for Ta-Nehisi Coates interview

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Corporate owners don't ordinarily weigh in on TV news decisions. But this was no ordinary decision. Shari Redstone says CBS leaders made a “bad mistake” with their handling of the Ta-Nehisi Coates interview fallout, @Hadas_Gold and @Liam_A_Reilly report: https://www.cnn.com/...

Andrew Bernard /
JNS.org: ‘CBS’ boss backs reporter after network says his Ta-Nehisi Coates interview didn't meet standards

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Here's the full statement from CBS president and CEO George Cheeks about the Coates/Dokoupil controversy: “There has been strong and growing discord within CBS News that needed to be addressed in an editorial meeting. This must lead to further substantive dialogue about

Evann Gastaldo /
Newser: Shari Redstone Scolds CBS for Scolding Anchor After Coates Interview

Hadas Gold /
@hadas_gold: “I've been working with the CEOs. I've been working with the woman who does a lot of our diversity training, and I think we all agree that this was not handled correctly, and we all agree that something needs to be done.”

Stacey Matthews /
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Pandemonium at CBS News After Journalist Pushes Back on Anti-Israel Author Ta-Nehisi Coates

Hadas Gold /
@hadas_gold: Shari Redstone at AdWeek says she does not think Tony Dokoupil crossed editorial standards - she thinks Tony did a “great job” in the interview “frankly I was very proud of the work he did” and she has let him know that

Branko Marcetic /
Jacobin: Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Bucking the Media's Palestine Consensus

Sara Fischer /
Axios: Shari Redstone says CBS “made a bad mistake” in its handling of testy interview

Amy Curtis /
Twitchy: CBS Had Different ‘Editorial Standards’ When They Interviewed Dad of 8-Year-Old Israeli Hostage Last Year

Jeremy Barr /
Washington Post: Top CBS shareholder Redstone praises combative Tony Dokoupil interview

Mark Mwachiro /
Adweek: Shari Redstone Defends Tony Dokoupil Amidst Ta-Nehisi Coates Interview Fallout

Stephen Battaglio /
Los Angeles Times: Shari Redstone backs ‘CBS Mornings’ host over controversial Ta-Nehisi Coates interview

Matthew Hennessey /
Wall Street Journal: You Can't Report in Here. This Is the Newsroom! — CBS News subjects Tony Dokoupil …

Curtis Houck /
Newsbusters: New Reporting Details CBS's Dokoupil Thrown into Struggle Sessions for Grilling Coates

Jill Goldsmith /
Deadline: Shari Redstone Defends CBS Anchor Tony Dokoupil's Interview Of Ta-Nehisi Coates - “I Frankly Think Tony Did A Great Job”

Corey Pein /
@coreypein.bsky.social: “The comments from Redstone came during a panel at Advertising Week specifically focused on ‘using engaging content to fight hate.’” [embedded post]

Lucas Manfredi /
The Wrap: Shari Redstone Says CBS ‘Made a Mistake’ in Rebuking Ta-Nehisi Coates Interview: ‘Tony Did a Great Job’

David Strom /
HotAir: Maoist Struggle Sessions at CBS

Jill Goldsmith /
TVNewsCheck: Shari Redstone Defends CBS Anchor Tony Dokoupil's Interview Of Ta-Nehisi Coates

Bari Weiss /
The Free Press: The Fallout at CBS Continues Wall Street Journal: Sources: Tony Dokoupil's Q&A with Ta-Nehisi Coates was one of several moments that led to CBS execs criticizing him; source: Shari Redstone disagreed with execs

Zack Linly /
Bossip: CBS News Execs Admonish Tony Dokoupil's Discussion With Ta-Nehisi Coates On Israel And Palestine

Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: Less news, more happy talk: Why CBS News' reprimand of Tony Dokoupil is so ridiculous

NPR:

A look at the bidding war for Alex Jones' Infowars and its parent company Free Speech Systems, where some would-be-buyers just want to bury it— Both fans and foes are getting in on the bidding war for Alex Jones' media company — or at least trying to. — Some harbor hopes …

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ThreeSixty Asset Advisors

The Philadelphia Inquirer:

Pulitzer winning investigative reporter and author Donald L. Barlett, half of the famous Barlett and Steele team at The Philadelphia Inquirer, dies at age 88— Donald L. Barlett, 88, of Philadelphia, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The Inquirer …

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@hannahallam, @carylkauffman, New York Times, @will_bunch, @amesalex, @danielrubin and Talking Biz News

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Hannah Allam /
@hannahallam: “Mr. Barlett routinely spent weeks, sometimes months, poring over data and thousands of documents, and interviewing scores of sources to produce stories with Steele that stirred readers and sparked change.” @carylkauffman: @Will_Bunch @PhillyInquirer His “What went wrong” series with steel was one of the best breakdowns of what the Reagan revolution wrought on the American middle class

Will Bunch /
@will_bunch: A true giant of journalism's golden era Donald L. Barlett, former Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The Inquirer and best-selling author, has died at 88 https://www.inquirer.com/... via @PhillyInquirer

Ames Alexander /
@amesalex: Anyone interested in the craft of investigative reporting will appreciate this story about Don Barlett. Sadly, he died Saturday. He was 88. https://www.inquirer.com/...

Daniel Rubin /
@danielrubin: A giant has fallen. Donald L. Barlett, former Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The Inquirer and best-selling author, dies at 88 https://share.inquirer.com/niE7aD via @phillyinquirer

Chris Roush /
Talking Biz News: Barlett, two-time Pulitzer winner, dies at 88

BleepingComputer:

A threat actor hacked the Internet Archive and stole a user authentication database with 31M unique records; a DDoS attack took the site offline on October 9— Internet Archive's “The Wayback Machine” has suffered a data breach after a threat actor compromised the website and stole …

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@leo_puglisi6, @mrboko1234, @vxunderground, @genkiwastaken, @brianroemmele, @lostmediabuster, @brewster_kahle, @kaybrainrot, @internetarchive, @_omoriboy, @vxunderground, @tgzerosugar, @aldanmarki, @skellenaut, @zelinarxy, TechCrunch, Neowin, @brewster_kahle, Wired, Türkiye Today, @sn_darkmeta, @brewster_kahle, @briankrebs@infosec.exchange, @sn_darkmeta, @hanno@mastodon.social, @haveibeenpwned, The Verge, PCMag and The Register, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Leonardo Puglisi /
@leo_puglisi6: this group has taken down the Internet Archive - genuinely one of the most important sites in the world - because...something something US and Israel?? attacking a non-profit will not stop anything happening in Gaza @vxunderground: Note: Final update and confirmations: The compromise has been confirmed via @BleepinComputer and @TroyHunt. 31,000,000 users impacted. There is no confirmed information on how the site was compromised. No Threat Actor(s) have been attributed to the compromise. More

Genki /
@genkiwastaken: the internet archive is getting ddos'd because these 0 IQ dumbasses think it's owned by the US look at our fucking hackers dawg we're never wiping out student loan debt 😭😭

Brian Roemmele /
@brianroemmele: As I said for over 3 decades and few cared to understand: We are moving from the Information Age to the Amnesia Age. The Internet Archive has been attacked and the aim is to delete it. DO YOU HEAR ME NOW. Any large ethical AI company that does not come to aid—is worthless. [image]

Brewster Kahle /
@brewster_kahle: DDOS on a tuesday? Last time it was a monday. Geez. @internetarchive is working to restore services on https://archive.org/. @kaybrainrot: You motherfucker. Internet Archive was one of the best, most resourceful sites of the entire history of the Internet. You literally could've hacked into any corrupt site, or government official, but instead you do the online equivalent of nuking a museum. Truly despicable.

Vidyabatter Joel /
@_omoriboy: who the fuck is ddosing internet archive how fucking miserable and sad do you have to be to ddos internet archive @tgzerosugar: Internet Archive is seriously one of those sites that we shouldn't be trying to hack or take down @aldanmarki: Are you fucking insane. For those unaware, these hackers have taken down the Internet Archive based on the completely false assumption that it's part of the U.S. federal government, believing that their actions somehow support Palestine.

Skel /
@skellenaut: you gotta be such a lowlife to target the fucking Internet Archive of all things. huge loser behavior @zelinarxy: the internet archive got hacked? that's crazy bro. the thing that has old news articles and old social posts and videos that contradict the blatant lies of the state-controlled media? that's nuts my guy. right befor the election? that's bonkers dude

Connie Loizos /
TechCrunch: The Internet Archive slammed by DDoS attack and data breach

Karthik Mudaliar /
Neowin: Internet Archive confirms data breach of over 31 million accounts, suffers many DDoS attacks

Brewster Kahle /
@brewster_kahle: What we know: DDOS attack-fended off for now; defacement of our website via JS library; breach of usernames/email/salted-encrypted passwords. What we've done: Disabled the JS library, scrubbing systems, upgrading security. Will share more as we know it. @sn_darkmeta: @Vestboy_Myst They are under attack because the archive belongs to the USA, and as we all know, this horrendous and hypocritical government supports the genocide that is being carried out by the terrorist state of “Israel”.

Brewster Kahle /
@brewster_kahle: Yesterday's DDOS attack on @internetarchive repeated today. We are working to bring https://archive.org/ back online.

BrianKrebs /
@briankrebs@infosec.exchange: BleepingComputer writes: The text “HIBP” refers to the Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service created by Troy Hunt, with whom threat actors commonly share stolen data to be added to the service. — Hunt told BleepingComputer that the threat actor shared the Internet Archive's authentication database three days ago and it is a 6.4GB SQL file named “ia_users.sql.” …

@sn_darkmeta:
The Internet archive has and is suffering from a devastating attack We have been launching several highly successful attacks for five long hours and, to this moment, all their systems are completely down. second round | New attack 09/10/2024 Duration 6 hours [image] @hanno@mastodon.social: I'm a big fan of the @internetarchive but it does not appear they handled this security breach well... https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ ... learned about this via haveibeenpwned, that's not how it should go. @haveibeenpwned: New breach: Internet Archive had 31M records breached last month including email address, screen name and bcrypt password hash. 54% were already in @haveibeenpwned. Read more: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ ...

Wes Davis /
The Verge: The Internet Archive is under attack, with a breach revealing info for 31 million accounts

Simon Sharwood /
The Register: Internet Archive leaks user info and succumbs to DDoS

Reuters:

Spotify launches its free tier in South Korea after entering the market in 2021; South Korean artists have 5.8B+ average monthly streams on the platform— Spotify's (SPOT.N) free music and podcasts service option is now available in South Korea, the audio streaming platform said on Thursday, as it looks to widen its audience base.

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Music Business Worldwide

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Murray Stassen /
Music Business Worldwide: Spotify launches Free tier in South Korea

MediaPost:

The IAB, EFF, and other groups urge the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider an August decision that TikTok wasn't protected from liability by Section 23— The Interactive Advertising Bureau and other business organizations are urging a federal appellate court to reconsider a recent ruling …

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@techfreedom

Bloomberg:

Amazon says Apple TV+ will be available as a $9.99/month subscription add-on in Prime Video Channels later this month in the US, joining 100+ streaming services— Apple will begin selling TV+ subscriptions through Prime later this month, Mike Hopkins, senior vice president of Amazon Prime Video …

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Katie Campione /
Deadline: Prime Video To Offer Apple TV+ Content As Paid Add-On

Wayne Friedman /
MediaPost: Apple TV+ To Launch On Prime Video

Ananya Gairola /
Benzinga: Apple TV+ Coming To Amazon Prime Video This Month: What You Need To Know About the $9.99 Add-On

Phil Nickinson /
Digital Trends: Apple TV+ is coming to Amazon Prime Video this month

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Amazon adding Apple TV Plus to Prime Video Channels

Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: Amazon and Apple Strike Deal to Bring Apple TV+ to Prime Video

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Amazon's Prime Video Is Adding Apple TV+ as a Subscription Add-On

Thomas K. Arnold /
Media Play News: Apple TV+ Becomes Latest Add-On Subscription Option on Amazon's Prime Video

Variety:

A look at TikTok's negotiations with indie music labels and the November 1 end of its deal with Merlin, the trade group that represents 500+ smaller companies— “TikTok proposed paying our artists and songwriters at a rate that is a fraction of the rate that similarly situated major social platforms pay …

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Music Ally

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Stuart Dredge /
Music Ally: Details start to leak of TikTok contracts sent to indie labels

New Yorker:

An interview with Taylor Lorenz about “dancing on the grave” of legacy media, the creator economy coming for journalism, resigning from WaPo, and more— A reporter known for chronicling the “extremely online” is making the leap to the creator economy. The most surprising thing is that she waited this long.

Discussion:

Parker Molloy /
The Present Age: Journalist Taylor Lorenz Talks Going Independent and Leaving Legacy Media

Taylor Lorenz /
@taylorlorenz: An OLD SCHOOL declining legacy media PRINT mag wrote about my decision to become a full time independent content creator https://www.newyorker.com/...

Niko Stratis /
@nikostratis: i truly, well and truly, dislike the push to “internet personality” instead of a writer or a journalist. That idea seems to only reward the people who have already built up enough of a name that they can just become this secret third media idea.

Egirl Tashi Duncan /
@xoxogossipgita: I like writing, I like journalism, being an “internet personality” has brought me endless frustration and anxiety. I think you should be deeply suspicious of people who want to be full time “personalities.”

Egirl Tashi Duncan /
@xoxogossipgita: I truly hope the future of independent media is closer to a series of alt weeklies with full time staff and benefits as opposed to “Internet personalities” peddling newsletters.

Niko Stratis /
@nikostratis: i don't even disagree with (some of) her points, but it just seems a bit funny to always read nice profiles of her in legacy media talking about she doesn't need legacy media and is doing things her way. A series of must be nice moments.

Damin Toell /
@damintoell: Yeah, we know

Christopher Hooks /
@cd_hooks: those who can't write, influence https://x.com/... @emilyctamkin: Not the point but: “When her editor there, a veteran journalist named Mark Seibel, retired, earlier this year, she felt adrift and considered quitting.” That's the @markseibel difference

Shakeel /
@shakeelhashim: Good piece, but odd that it doesn't mention the allegations that she lied to her editor about the Instagram post.

Laura Elliott /
@tinywriterlaura: i'd really like to be a full time writer without becoming an internet personality. bring back the days when it was acceptable/marketable to be a weird little hermit that everyone accepted was bad at socialising because 'well, they're a writer what do you expect'!

Egirl Tashi Duncan /
@xoxogossipgita: I would sincerely prefer to be able to be a full time writer without having to become an Internet personality out of necessity

Kyle Chayka /
@chaykak: New @NewYorker column: Talking to Taylor Lorenz about dancing on the grave of legacy media, the creator economy coming for journalism, and how all US presidents are war criminals https://www.newyorker.com/...

Taylor Lorenz /
@taylorlorenz: Scooplet in here, former Vox journalist Johnny Harris now has a staff of seventeen(!) full-time employees working on his YouTube channel. https://www.newyorker.com/...

Sydney Bauer /
@femme_thoughts: Interesting quote about newspapers not knowing what to do with talent. I think it's the opposite but the internet has rewarded a certain type of talent and that's not the same as journalistic talent.

Michael Luo /
@michaelluo: Such a smart @chaykak column on @TaylorLorenz but also on the media landscape today. “I don't want to be a full-time writer. I want to be an Internet personality.” https://www.newyorker.com/...

Niko Stratis /
@nikostratis: the internet, esp the state it's in right now, rewards personalities and it's no surprise that someone like Lorez would say “yeah i'm just going to be an influencer adjacent person”, but that's not building a healthy future for media, that's just quick bursts of waning fame.

Taylor Lorenz /
@taylorlorenz: Justice for Kyle https://www.newyorker.com/... [image]

404 Media:

A group of Wikipedia editors form the WikiProject AI Cleanup to “combat the increasing problem of unsourced, poorly-written AI-generated content” on the website— A group of Wikipedia editors have formed WikiProject AI Cleanup, “a collaboration to combat the increasing problem of unsourced …

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@kottke@mastodon.social: Stupid dipshits are starting to fill Wikipedia with “unsourced, poorly-written AI-generated content” (that is also totally false in some cases), prompting a purging effort by some WP editors: WikiProject AI Cleanup. https://www.404media.co/...

Christine Johnson /
@christinkallama@mastodon.social: “In some ways, it seems, Wikipedia is at least for now better than other major internet services at detecting and filtering out misleading AI-generated content because the site has always relied on human volunteers to review new articles and track down any claims they make to reliable sources.” … @mvario@mastodon.social: The Editors Protecting Wikipedia from AI Hoaxes — https://www.404media.co/... > WikiProject AI Cleanup is protecting Wikipedia from the same kind of misleading AI-generated information that has plagued the rest of the internet. — [image] @cryptohagen@social.data.coop: Some #Wikipedia editors have formed WikiProject AI Cleanup, “a collaboration to combat of unsourced, poorly-written AI-generated content. .” — https://www.404media.co/... ..is to protect one of the world's largest repositories of information from misleading AI-generated information that plagued Google search, books on Amazon, and academic journals …

Jason Koebler /
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social: sorry, I should not have used the word “hallucinating” in the initial post - people using AI are fucking up wikipedia with fake shit that they are generating using AI or they are maybe earnestly trying to contribute but are using AI which is getting stuff wrong but I was running out of characters

Jason Koebler /
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social: Wikipedia is perhaps the greatest cross cultural cooperative collaboration in the history of humankind and it is getting fucked up with AI and is taxing the volunteer editors who are already spread thin with bullshit like this: [image]

Joseph Cox /
@josephcox@infosec.exchange: New: some Wikipedia editors have formed WikiProject AI Cleanup, “a collaboration to combat the increasing problem of unsourced, poorly-written AI-generated content on Wikipedia.” https://www.404media.co/...

The Hollywood Reporter:

Derek Jeter, co-founder of The Players' Tribune, launches Cap 2 Productions to produce TV and streaming content, with projects planned for ESPN, Apple, and more— The New York Yankees legend launches a shingle focused on family-friendly docs and scripted sports-related projects as buyers binge on star athlete-driven content

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Sportico

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Luke Cyphers /
Sportico: Derek Jeter Launches Company to Grow Hollywood Footprint

The Verge:

X updates its Creator Revenue Sharing program to pay creators based on engagement with their content from Premium users, not how many see ads in their replies— X is making a big change to how creators can earn money from the platform. Since last year, X has shared ad revenue with creators based …

Discussion:

Karthik Mudaliar /
Neowin: Creators on X will now get paid based on Premium subscribers and not ads, as revenue dips @x: Creators! We're excited to unveil our biggest update to Creator Revenue Sharing yet. Payouts are increasing and you'll now be paid based on engagement with your content from Premium users - not ads in replies. Here's what's changing:

Renee DiResta /
@renee.diresta@threads.net: Engagement farming now more lucrative on X, the premier platform of perverse incentives. I wonder if this shift is influenced by ad decline, or advertisers not wanting to appear on certain high-engagement accounts that the platform wants to keep posting.

@x:
Ads in replies will no longer impact your payout. Instead, you'll be paid based on engagement with your content from Premium users. So, when your followers subscribe to X Premium and engage with your content, they support you directly.

Jason Lefkowitz /
@jalefkowit@vmst.io: This is a bit like parents hanging a pork chop around their unpopular kid's neck so the dog will play with him — https://www.theverge.com/... [image]

Derek Powazek /
@fraying@xoxo.zone: This is what happens when an out-of-touch billionaire is in charge. His only idea for how to get users to do something is to literally pay them to do it. — https://www.theverge.com/...

Stefan Bohacek /
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online: Twitter/X is now officially a pyramid scheme. — “Put another way: the more people that subscribe to X Premium and engage with content from other Premium subscribers, the more money they all make.” — https://www.theverge.com/... #news #TechNews #technology #Twitter #X

Bloomberg:

Filing: the US DOJ lays out “behavioral and structural remedies”, including a breakup, for the federal judge to consider in the Google Search antitrust case— - Antitrust officials also mull making Google share search data — Justice Department proposes multiple options in historic case

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CNBC, AV Club, Mumbrella, Financial Times, The Information, New York Times, Reuters, The Times, Jill Caren on LinkedIn, @catherineperlo1, @jason_kint, @balancecrafting, @jason_kint, @progresschamber, @mattdpearce, @jason_kint, @vidushi_law, iPhone in Canada Blog, Digiday, Barron's Online, US District Court for the District of Columbia, New York Post, News/Media Alliance, Cord Cutters News, Harsh Singh on LinkedIn, The Register, Quartz, Yahoo Lifestyle, Semafor, Adweek, The Guardian, The Indian Express, Daily Sabah, Business Insider, The Verge and Reuters, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Jennifer Elias /
CNBC: DOJ indicates it's considering Google breakup following monopoly ruling

Mary Kate Carr /
AV Club: The Justice Department is weighing breaking up Google

Neil Griffiths /
Mumbrella: US Department of Justice gunning for Google over monopoly on online searches Financial Times: Competition and the clock: how Google plans to deflect and delay a historic break-up threat

Martin Peers /
The Information: Google's Slow-Motion Drama

Mike Scarcella /
Reuters: Google's antitrust woes mount in U.S. cases over search, apps, ads

James Hurley /
The Times: What would a Google break-up mean for Alphabet?

Jill Caren /
Jill Caren on LinkedIn: WOW - actually a bit surprised this went in this direction. Although it will take years of legal battles, it will be really interesting to see how this plays out. …

Catherine Perloff /
@catherineperlo1: The DOJ is arguing for ‘structural’ changes to address Google's monopoly in search (and also wants to limit Google's web crawler ability to ingest sites for their AI and limits to Pmax) Read more here 👇🏻 https://www.adweek.com/...

Jason Kint /
@jason_kint: Seriously, if you're linking to Google's blog post spin in response to the Dept of Justice filing but not to the actual DOJ filing then you may want to check yourself or your Google funding. Here is the link to DOJ filing: https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ... @balancecrafting: DOJ's high level initial remedies framework is out. Headers hint at ties to findings - Search Distribution And Revenue Sharing - Accumulation And Use Of Data - Advertising Scale And Monetization Plus - Administration, Anti-circumvention & Anti-retaliation https://www.courtlistener.com/ ...

Jason Kint /
@jason_kint: It's a fairly broad, ten pages that starts by reiterating the findings of the DC Court and the duty to seek an order not only addressing the existing harms from Google's illegal conduct but - this is critically important - prevent recurrence going forward. /2 [image] @progresschamber: The Justice Department is swinging for the fences with its proposed remedies in Google's search antitrust case - including a potential company breakup. Check out our statement on DOJ's high-level proposal, which dropped tonight: https://progresschamber.org/ ...

Matt Pearce /
@mattdpearce: Notable for the news industry: Department of Justice is thinking about allowing publishers to opt in for being linked on Google Search while being able to opt out of Google AI summaries. [image]

Jason Kint /
@jason_kint: Hat tip to Adam at the Chamber of Google for spending months making it clear to regulators that “choice screens” doesn't work for a monopoly brand used as a verb. It seems DOJ heard his advice.

Vidushi Dyall /
@vidushi_law: Okay let's dig in. DOJ starting off with justifying an expansive “unitary framework” that consists of behavioral and structural remedies to “eradicate existing evils.” [image]

John Quintet /
iPhone in Canada Blog: Google: U.S. Plan to Split Company Could Hurt Android, Boost iPhone

Ronan Shields /
Digiday: Advertising Week Briefing: Some worry the DOJ is 'fighting yesterday's war' in ad tech antitrust case

Thomas Barrabi /
New York Post: DOJ may seek Google breakup after landmark antitrust case victory: ‘Unlawful conduct’ News/Media Alliance: Statement: News/Media Alliance Applauds Department of Justice Remedies in Landmark Google Antitrust Lawsuit

Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: DOJ Considers Forcing Google to Sell Off Parts of its Business Including Chrome & Android to End Search Monopoly

Harsh Singh /
Harsh Singh on LinkedIn: The DOJ's consideration to break up Google following its monopoly ruling has many of us wondering about the real impact. …

Rocio Fabbro /
Quartz: Google might get broken up after its big antitrust loss

Alexis Keenan /
Yahoo Lifestyle: DOJ's Google breakup remedy puts tech world on notice

Catherine Perloff /
Adweek: The DOJ Says Google May Need ‘Structural’ Changes to Undo Its Search Monopoly

Jack Simpson /
The Guardian: Google faces US government attempt to break it up The Indian Express: US considers asking court to break up Google as it weighs remedies in the antitrust case

Richard Lawler /
The Verge: A Google breakup is on the table, say DOJ lawyers

Jody Godoy /
Reuters: US mulling potential breakup in Google search case

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The Keyword:
Google says the US DOJ's “radical and sweeping proposals” in the Search antitrust case risk “hurting” consumers, businesses, developers, and US competitiveness

Discussion:
Financial Times, Reclaim The Net, Politico, The Times, Bloomberg, Ars Technica, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, The Wrap, Engadget, Fortune, MarTech, Gizmodo, Daily Caller News Foundation, @adamkovac, @khushitavasant, @wkasel, @jason_kint, @adamkovac, @balancecrafting, @adamkovac, @jason_kint, @adamkovac, The Hill, MediaPost, Ori Sasson on LinkedIn, Jennifer Elias on LinkedIn, Associated Press, ZeroHedge News, New York Times, PCMag, Silicon Valley Business …, WHDH-TV, TechCrunch, CBS News, @eshumarneedi@threads.net, Adweek, @LukaszOlejnik@mastodon.social, The Information, Android Police, MPR News, 9to5Google, Reuters, Investor's Business Daily, Business Times, Chamber of Progress, New York Times, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and Neowin

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Dan Frieth /
Reclaim The Net: DOJ Takes Aim at Breaking Up Google

Alistair Osborne /
The Times: Some searching questions about a possible Google breakup

Leah Nylen /
Bloomberg: Will the US Break Up Google? What's at Stake in the Government's Antitrust Enforcement

Ashley Belanger /
Ars Technica: DOJ proposes breakup and other big changes to end Google search monopoly

Maria Deutscher /
SiliconANGLE: Justice Department could seek to break up Google following antitrust ruling

Lauren Feiner /
The Verge: How the DOJ wants to break up Google's search monopoly

Sean Burch /
The Wrap: DOJ Weighs Breakup of Google for ‘Unlawful Conduct’ in Search-Engine Dominance

Mariella Moon /
Engadget: The Justice Department could force Google to break itself up

Anu Adegbola /
MarTech: Google blasts DOJ's ‘radical’ proposed breakup plan

Todd Feathers /
Gizmodo: DOJ Reveals Its Plan for Breaking Up Google's Search Monopoly

Owen Klinsky /
Daily Caller News Foundation: ‘Remedying These Harms’: Federal Government Weighs Breakup Of $2 Trillion Tech Giant

Adam Kovacevich /
@adamkovac: It's very clear that DOJ is starting broad, throwing out trial balloons to please the Google haters marching through DOJ's doors with far-out remedy ideas. If DOJ doesn't narrow their list, Judge Mehta will prob narrow it for them. https://x.com/... @khushitavasant: Google ought to be broken up, its businesses spun off, DOJ + several states just told a DC court in a high-level remedy framework as part of the search #monopoly suit. Technically, DOJ is “considering” it but I doubt DOJ will make U-turns in a final proposal in March 2025. [image] @wkasel: The @USDOJ_Intl case against @Google just dropped - with a framework for how they might approach this, and it's a 💣. Here is the link: https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ... 🧵.

Jason Kint /
@jason_kint: There it is. Confirmation directly from the Department of Justice that divestiture of Chrome, Android and/or Play are all on the table as remedies to Google's antitrust abuses. US DOJ's remedies framework just posted. Their final proposal is due Nov 20th. /1 [image]

Adam Kovacevich /
@adamkovac: Most egregiously, DOJ proposes that Google share its search query data and algorithms - its secret sauce, spent decades refining - with rival search engines. This is exactly the kind of “duty to deal” idea that Judge Mehta already rejected. [image]

@balancecrafting:
DOJ wisely anticipates attempted noncompliance, so seeks an order to not destroy evidence, and to not retaliate against rivals - or anyone involved in remedies (presumably including whistleblower employees) Also good ban on Google owning competitors [image]

Adam Kovacevich /
@adamkovac: DOJ's Google antitrust remedy proposal is out - and as expected, DOJ chose the “remedy spaghetti” against the wall strategy. It floated a dozen remedies, many of which having nothing to do with Judge Mehta's ruling in the case.

Jason Kint /
@jason_kint: lol. The Chamber of Google has weighed in on the remedies framework. This actually means DOJ hit the mark. ps it's absurd to suggest the list has “nothing to do with the ruling.” [image]

Adam Kovacevich /
@adamkovac: The big headline is DOJ teasing “structural remedies” (i.e. breakup) for Chrome, Play, and Android. But the DOJ never charged Chrome's use of Google search default as monopolizing behavior. And Android aspects of ruling can be dealt with by behavioral/contractual remedies. [image]

Julia Shapero /
The Hill: Federal prosecutors eye asking judge to break up Google

Ori Sasson /
Ori Sasson on LinkedIn: History has a way of repeating itself in the tech world. — The DOJ's recent move to consider breaking up Google echoes the antitrust ruling …

Jennifer Elias /
Jennifer Elias on LinkedIn: The DOJ has officially submitted its recommendations for remedies toward Google following its search monopoly ruling. …

Shawn Chen /
Associated Press: US considers asking court to break up Google as it weighs remedies in the antitrust case

Tyler Durden /
ZeroHedge News: US Antitrust Officials Consider Google Breakup As ‘Trustbusting Era’ May Return

Kate Irwin /
PCMag: Android, Chrome May Split From Google in Antitrust Case

Anthony Duignan-Cabrera /
Silicon Valley Business …: DOJ files another Google breakup proposal

James Kukstis /
WHDH-TV: US government considers a breakup of Google CBS News: Break up Google? Justice Department says it may ask judge to force Google to sell Chrome, Android, other units @eshumarneedi@threads.net: ‪This is extremely radical and almost certain not to happen. That's all I'll say. ‬

Lukasz Olejnik /
@LukaszOlejnik@mastodon.social: Doesn't that FT op-ed sound rather absurd? Unpopular opinion: Today no web browser can finance itself on its own in a sustainable manner. Taking Chrome out of Google would not end well for security of web browsing. That's just a fact of nature. https://www.ft.com/... [image]

Rajesh Pandey /
Android Police: The DOJ wants to break up Google, suggests splitting Chrome and Android

Dara Kerr /
MPR News: Justice Department calls for sanctions against Google in landmark antitrust case

Abner Li /
9to5Google: Google says DOJ's antitrust remedies, like Android/Chrome spinoff, are ‘radical and sweeping’

Financial Times:
The US DOJ's quest to end Google's long-standing dominance remains the stuff of fantasy, as whatever the courts may order, any real reckoning will take years

Wall Street Journal:
US judges have little modern precedent to guide them on whether a breakup like the one the DOJ is proposing in the Google Search antitrust case is appropriate

Karthik Mudaliar /