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BuzzFeed to Acquire HuffPost in Stock Deal With Verizon Media
BuzzFeed Inc. has agreed to acquire Verizon Media’s HuffPost in a stock deal, the companies said Thursday, uniting two of the larger players in digital media as companies across the sector search for ways to jump-start growth. The acquisition is part of a larger deal between BuzzFeed and Verizon Media, a unit of Verizon Communications …
Justice Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google
The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Google engaged in anticompetitive conduct to preserve monopolies in search and search advertising that form the cornerstones of its vast conglomerate. The long-anticipated case, filed in a Washington, D.C., federal court, marks the most aggressive U.S. legal challenge to a company’s dominance in the tech …
‘Too Complex to Break Up’ Is the New ‘Too Big to Fail’
Days before, Facebook Inc. produced its own document contending that breaking it up would be a “nonstarter” for a number of reasons, including that the company’s constituent parts are already too complicated and interconnected for any of them—Instagram, WhatsApp, its ad business—to be spun off as individual companies or walled off as separate divisions. “After …
Emission Control Technology Market Potential Growth, Demand
Emission Control Technology Marke A recent report published by QMI on the emission control technology market is a detailed assessment of the most important market dynamics. After carrying out a thorough research of emission control technology market historical as well as current growth parameters, business expectations for growth are obtained with utmost precision. The study …
States to Launch Google, Facebook Antitrust Probes
WASHINGTON—State attorneys general are formally launching separate antitrust probes into Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google unit starting next week, according to people familiar with the matter, putting added pressure on tech giants already under federal scrutiny. The Google probe is expected to be announced at a news conference outside the U.S. Supreme Court on …
Advertisers Are Wary of Breaking Up Google and Facebook
CANNES, France—Advertisers have griped about the power Google and Facebook Inc. FB 1.09% wield over the digital ad market. But they are generally wary of breaking up the tech giants, judging by the views of the attendees at the annual advertising festival held here on the French Riviera. The U.S. Justice Department is gearing up …
