Marketplace. To help us discuss that this , wethe communicators have two guest. David chavern of the News Media Alliance which represents spapers, and matthew which represents technology and communications firms. When someone goes to a social media site and access news and information and perhaps a news site, is that a boon or a bust to traditional legacy news sites . It is definitely a boon. These Services Provide an extraordinary amount of traffic to traditional news media publishers in the context of a variety of other services. Internet users go to these services not just for news content but also to learn, to get answers, to engage with friends and families, to engage in communications but one service is accessed in his content. Happens, is publishers on the receiving end get extraordinary benefit. These services send upwards of 10 billion users a month to news publisher sites which those sites can then monetize either through their own services or through at networks. Pete if i w
Hearing on Online Platforms and market power focussing on the free and Diverse Press. I recognize myself for an opening statement. In recent years, there has been a cascade of competition problems on the internet. Concentration has pushed local journalism to the verge of extincti extinction. The combination of predatory acquisitions and high Network Effects and switching costs undermine entrepreneurship and startup rates. The sheer dominance has resulted in less products leaving people without a competitive alternative of services. In response to these trends, the committee announced we would conduct a bipartisan investigation into competition in the Online Market place. The purpose stoof document anticompetitive conduct online and sense whether our competition system and current enforcement levels are adequate to address the problems. We will conduct a top to bottom review to a series of hearings, request information relevant to the information and engage in a series of discussions. T
The chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to our first hearing on Online Platforms and market power, focusing on the free and Diverse Press. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. In recent years, there has been a cascade of competition problems on the internet. Concentration in the Digital Marketing has pushed for journalism to the verge of extension. The acquisitions, growing innovation kills him, and high Network Effects and switching costs, appear to undermine entrepreneurship and startup rates. The sheer dominance of some platforms has resulted in the worst products, significantly less choice, leaving people without a competitive alternative to services that harvest the data, manipulative behavior to monetize her attention. Response to these trends, the committee will commit conduct a bipartisan the purpose of this investigation is to document anticompetitive combat conduct online. Examine and and assess whether the com
The chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to our first hearing on Online Platforms and market power, focusing on the free and Diverse Press. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. In recent years, there has been a cascade of competition problems on the internet. Concentration in the Digital Marketing has pushed for journalism to the verge of extension. The acquisitions, growing innovation kills him, and high Network Effects and switching costs, appear to undermine entrepreneurship and startup rates. The sheer dominance of some platforms has resulted in the worst products, significantly less choice, leaving people without a competitive alternative to services that harvest the data, manipulative behavior to monetize her attention. Response to these trends, the committee will commit conduct a bipartisan the purpose of this investigation is to document anticompetitive combat conduct online. Examine and and assess whether the com
Anniversary of the date when the delegates in philadelphia concluded the work of the constitutional convention. They sent the constitution to the people beginning one of the greatest 10 month debates in american history. With the ratification of the constitution. Rook has provided copies of their final product to tens of thousands of teachers and students all across the country, and you all have a copy of this at your seat today. To celebrate Constitution Day, we are honored to have chad readler, appointed as acting assistant attorney general for the Civil Division at the United States department of justice on january 30, 2017. In this role, he oversees the largest Litigation Team at the department of justice with over 1100 lawyers who manage over 50,000 different matters each year. The Civil Division represents the United States in a wide array of civil litigation, including challenges to president ial executive orders, congressional statutes, federal agency actions, commercial contra