Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Two dozen small Wisconsin newspapers have sued Google and Facebook, claiming the firms’ grip on digital advertising threatens the publications’ existence and violates federal antitrust law.
Their 40-page federal lawsuit recaps the historical role of a free press in America, the decline of the newspaper industry and technical aspects of how it says Google controls the sales, purchase and placement of digital advertising.
“Google’s dominance of the digital advertising marketplace threatens the extinction of local news journalism across the country,” financial damage to publishers “and a profoundly negative effect on American democracy and civic life,” the suit states. More
Welcome to the party. As much as the local paper (usually) irritates the hell out of me, they used to do a pretty good job of watching over city hall. Not so much anymore as revenues have shrunk. Facebook and Google are near-monopolies; glad to see the press wake up to that fact even if it’s just out of self-preservation
Awwww. Local leftiist rags haz feelingz hurtz.
10 years too late.
Where can I donate?
To which Google and Facebook say:
“so, and?”
Google and Facebook routinely buy politicians and judges that small town newspapers could never afford.
newspapers want to make money but too obtuse to realize most people dont want to read liberal rags and to proud to change.