ProMarket: The Death of Independent Podcasting: What Spotify Is Trying to Do With the Joe Rogan Deal
May 28, 2020 - Economic Liberties’ Research Director Matt Stoller explained Spotify’s new effort to control independent podcasting in ProMarket, detailing why we should worry about their attempts to monetize and assert power over podcast distribution and ad targeting.
Addressing Facebook and Google’s Harms Through a Regulated Competition Approach
April 10, 2020 - Economic Liberties latest Working Paper in a series on corporate power, "How to Address Facebook and Google’s Harm Through a Regulated Competition Approach." The paper explains the policy choices that allowed Facebook and Google to develop a business model toxic to democracy and civil rights, and explains how a “regulated competition” approach is necessary to rein in these technology giants.