US Newspapers' Problems Come From Their Former Monopoly, Not The Duopoly Of Facebook And Google

There is a move by a collection of America’s newspapers–largely newspapers that is–to seek anti-trust exemption so that they can negotiate as a group against Facebook and Google. The argument is that the two tech firms now dominate the online advertising market and if the newspapers are to survive to produce that democratically important public service journalism then they must be allowed to combine in negotiation.

There is a move by a collection of America’s newspapers–largely newspapers that is–to seek anti-trust exemption so that they can negotiate as a group against Facebook and Google. The argument is that the two tech firms now dominate the online advertising market and if the newspapers are to survive to produce that democratically important public service journalism then they must be allowed to combine in negotiation.