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"Lina Khan and the 2028 Economic Fight: Why Democrats Are Calling Her Now"

#Democrats #Economics #News #USA #Finance #Politics #Intelligent #Khan #AntiTrust #AntiFascist #ProBusiness

https://www.el-balad.com/16918786

Lina Khan and the 2028 Economic Fight: Why Democrats Are Calling Her Now

lina khan is emerging as a reference point in an unusually early debate inside Democratic circles: what it would actually mean to remake the economy before 2028. Her name now sits at the center of conversations about antitrust, prices, and the concentration of profits, with some lawmakers treating her not just as an adviser but …

El-Balad.com

The ERA Forum just published an article in which I review commitments and remedies in digital #antitrust and #DMA cases handled by the @EUCommission. The article lists the three main requirements that such remedies need to fulfill and proposes a typology covering unbundling, quasi-unbundling, remedies to end (quasi-)exclusivity, interoperability and access, and remedies for exploitative abuses. A handy overview if you are looking for one.

The article is available here: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12027-026-00879-7.

Federal Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Halting Nexstar Acquisition of Tegna

📰 Original title: Federal judge blocks politically fraught TV station merger

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/federal-judge-issues-preliminary-injunction-halting-nexstar-acquisition-of-tegna/?redirpost=37f03fa4-b5cb-4622-98d2-b749d79dcb84

#business #tvmerger #antitrust #localnews

Federal Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Halting Nexstar Acquisition of Tegna

A federal judge in California has blocked the proposed merger between Nexstar Media Group and Tegna Inc., two of the largest owners of local television stations in the United States.

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Federal Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Halting Nexstar Acquisition of Tegna

📰 Original title: Federal judge blocks politically fraught TV station merger

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/federal-judge-issues-preliminary-injunction-halting-nexstar-acquisition-of-tegna/?redirpost=37f03fa4-b5cb-4622-98d2-b749d79dcb84

#business #tvmerger #antitrust #localnews

Federal Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Halting Nexstar Acquisition of Tegna

A federal judge in California has blocked the proposed merger between Nexstar Media Group and Tegna Inc., two of the largest owners of local television stations in the United States.

KillBait Archive
FYI: EU accuses Meta of using fees to keep AI rivals off WhatsApp: EU escalated its WhatsApp antitrust case on April 15, finding Meta's fee model for third-party AI assistants is equivalent to the original ban, case AT.41034. https://ppc.land/eu-accuses-meta-of-using-fees-to-keep-ai-rivals-off-whatsapp/ #EU #Meta #WhatsApp #Antitrust #AI
EU accuses Meta of using fees to keep AI rivals off WhatsApp

EU escalated its WhatsApp antitrust case on April 15, finding Meta's fee model for third-party AI assistants is equivalent to the original ban, case AT.41034.

PPC Land

Biden files, Trump sabotages, state AGs for the win…

“the anti-monopoly movement has bagged an important scalp. #Ticketmaster was an iconic symbol of corporate lawlessness; the fact that they are now liable for lawbreaking says to all Americans that justice is possible against the powerful.”

Next? The #NexstarTEGNA merger and the #ParamountWarner merger

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/boom-ticketmaster-guilty-of-monopolization

#Economics #AntiTrust #ProCompetition

BOOM: Ticketmaster GUILTY of Monopolization

Company execs joked about their customers, privately saying they were "robbing them blind, baby." Today, a jury handed the ticketing and concert giant a complete defeat.

BIG by Matt Stoller
Next was a fantastic talk by Nancy L. Rose and Jonathan Sallet on the problem with "tipped" digital markets and how different approaches to antitrust policy can enable competition at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9GQxVr0gG0 (3/5) #antitrust
Tied to the Tipping Point? Dislodging Big Tech Monopoly Power

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US Live Nation and Ticketmaster verdict triggers calls for Australian investigation into ticketing rules https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/18/us-live-nation-and-ticketmaster-verdict-triggers-calls-for-australian-investigation-into-ticketing-rules
One insider estimates Australians pay A$10 in fees per ticket, with fans bearing the burden of monopolised music tour schedules and inflated artist values
#competition #uslaw #uspol #antitrust #auslaw #auspol
US Live Nation and Ticketmaster verdict triggers calls for Australian investigation into ticketing rules

One insider estimates Australians pay A$10 in fees per ticket, with fans bearing the burden of monopolised music tour schedules and inflated artist values

The Guardian

Reuters: Google should allow third-party search engines access to data, EU says. “The European Commission has proposed that Google allow third-party search engines to access its search data, including ‌that of artificial intelligence chatbots with search functionalities, to comply ‌with the Digital Markets Act, the commission said on Thursday.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/17/reuters-google-should-allow-third-party-search-engines-access-to-data-eu-says/
New merger rules are no free ride for European champions, says Teresa Ribera

The EU’s competition chief rejects consolidation-as-strategy argument ahead of next month’s unveiling of the revamped regulations.

POLITICO