This week, yet another incumbent industry organization urged regulation of innovative tech services to avoid competing on the merits. Here are the facts: – Tech services like Google benefit publishers with free traffic, digital journalism tools, and more. – The recent National Association of Broadcasters report’s findings have been contradicted by broadcast executives, and are […]
It might sound counterintuitive, but the large, well-established companies of today are a key contributor to our thriving startup ecosystem. There is a virtuous circle of innovation, investment, and mergers and acquisitions between established technology players and new entrants that repeats itself over and over, generating continued growth and innovation in the technology sector – […]
As Congress considers changing merger rules, remember the current system works well for startups. In fact, now is the best time to be an entrepreneur: U.S. startups raised $69 billion from investors in Q1 of 2021—41% more than the previous record. CCIA recently hosted experts from the fields of law, entrepreneurship, and economics, including A. […]
Last week’s Wall Street Journal article regarding Amazon overlooked that Amazon’s consumer-centric approach to negotiation and deal-making reflects common business practices. Two important points: — Exchanging different services in negotiations is a widely accepted, value-enhancing business practice across industries. — Criticizing consumer-centric tying deals ignores the need for a rigorous antitrust analysis. Exchanging different services […]
Ahead of today’s Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee hearing, it is important to keep these facts in mind: — The mobile ecosystem is growing and competitive. — The app store model benefits small developers; breaking the model would harm them. — The openness of Android promotes choice for consumers and developers. — App developers are succeeding. […]
Earlier this month, CPI and CCIA hosted a timely discussion on “The Future Of Innovation In News Production” that brought together experts with diverse views to discuss innovation in the news industry. In case you missed it, highlights include: — Current regulatory solutions won’t fix the news industry’s underlying challenges. — Disruptive technology offers innovative […]
This week’s Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue event called for EU-style antitrust reform that would undermine our country’s innovation economy and leadership. Let’s focus on the facts: — Applying an outdated industrial approach to today’s technology sector harms the innovation economy. — Moving away from the proven consumer welfare standard would undermine U.S. leadership in innovation. — […]
Despite what you may have heard from the newly launched “Small Business Rising” coalition, innovation has been a pro-consumer force for centuries, delivering better and new products, lower costs, and more choices. And it’s not just consumers that benefit — new technologies lower barriers to entry, enabling small businesses to grow and new businesses to […]
When considering competition policy, it’s important to remember the facts. Get up to speed before today’s House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Antitrust hearing, and remember this: — The current American approach to competition policy and enforcement is working for consumers and the broader economy. — An economics-based approach to antitrust rooted […]
After Friday’s House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing, remember this: — Publishers of all sizes have many ways to monetize. — Publishers increasingly use their own “in-house” ad tech. — Many publishers work with multiple ad tech providers simultaneously. — When publishers use third party ad tech to show ads on […]
Hostility to innovation and technology diminishes the incredible Internet-enabled opportunities that leading tech services provide: empowering consumers, driving prices down and increasing choice, and providing platforms to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses. It has given us a golden era of entertainment, knowledge, and everything from fashion startups, to booming mom and pop stores, to the latest app.
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