Google ad tech antitrust trial

Publishers lack courage to quit Google without break-up

#420: The antitrust lawyers have been back in court. Google says it will fix ad tech if it's left alone. The DoJ says no-one trusts Google any more...

Nov 24 •

When will publishers see the benefits of Google's break-up

#331: The DoJ has just dropped a bombshell demand that has put a timeline on when the billions broken out of Google will land with publishers...

May 19 •

Google's toast for 'screwing over' publishers

#309: The market-fixing monopolist hid its con to strip news and democracy for trillions, but now the payback is beginning...

Apr 21 •

Google loses. DFP and AdX are illegal. Break-up coming

#305: Google is a predator and three-times monopolist that rigged auctions and abused its power to hurt publishing for profit - official...

Apr 17 •

US sues Google for deleting key evidence in bad faith

States allege the search giant deleted millions of chats over years to hide evidence from antitrust regulators, despite court assurances...

Jan 13 •

It's time to exit Google's toxic swamp now we know the truth

The ad antitrust trial is over. The lawyers are done, now a judge will decide the fate of digital advertising, but publishers and agencies needn't…

Sep 30, 2024 •

Google's witness factory prompts a DoJ blast

The antitrust trial drowned in Google Kool Aid yesterday as paid witnesses sought to paint it as a friend of everyday folk...

Sep 27, 2024 •

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Pichai takes to TV as AI Overviews crashes into Oz

Google's decision to launch its AI publisher-killer means it no longer fears the Government and its publisher pay-offs have worked...

Sep 26, 2024 •

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Google's trial hurtles towards an early end

Google's ad trial was listed for up to six weeks but may be over before half-time as the judge lambasts its witnesses as useless...

Sep 25, 2024 •

Step-by-step, how Google demolished publisher ads

The deadliest predators run silent and run deep, but every now and again, they pop above the surface and into the light of day...

Sep 24, 2024 •

The rocket docket judge cuts down Google's defence

The first defence witness is chastised as "highly questionable", potentially "tainted" and his evidence irrelevant...

Sep 21, 2024 •

Sky-high Google fees silenced our journalism - Mail

A siege of display ads left the market-leading publisher unable to cut ties without losing millions in ad revenue that funded its work...

Sep 19, 2024 •

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