Buzzfeed-Huffington Post Merger Reveals Advertising Market Is in Crisis
November 19, 2020 - The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to reporting that BuzzFeed will acquire HuffPost in a stock deal with Verizon Media.
Google’s Efforts to Push Deeper Into Banking Should Worry Everyone
November 18, 2020— The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to Google’s major relaunch of Google Pay and its announcement that it will be partnering with 11 banks to launch a new kind of bank account in 2021.
In Approving Uber-Postmates Merger, DOJ Has Failed Small Businesses and Local Communities
November 10, 2020 — Members of the Protect Our Restaurants campaign from across the country issued the following statement in response to news that the Department of Justice has cleared Uber’s acquisition of Postmates, a deal that would further consolidates the food delivery market.
The World is Waking Up to Amazon’s Monopoly Power
November 10, 2020– The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to the European Commission’s announcement that it was filing new charges against Amazon for its use of sensitive business information from third-party sellers and opening an investigation into Amazon’s e-commerce practices.
To Build Back Better President-elect Biden Must Combat Corporate Power
November 7, 2020 —The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election.