The biggest U.S. antitrust case of this century kicked into high gear on Thursday as a government lawyer warned that AT&T Inc. wants to buy media giant Time Warner Inc. to “weaponize” its must-have content — a move that would raise prices for consumers and hinder innovation. “Time Warner... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple will pay $450 million as a settlement for ebook price fixing after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the company's appeal of a lower court's antitrust ruling.The Supreme Court's decision Monday ends Apple's appeal of the antitrust case against the company and five book publishers and... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
‘If there were ever an antitrust case of the pot calling the kettle black, this is it.’ The post Judge Blasts Anderson News in Decision to Reject Antitrust Suit Against Publishers appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2015-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
During the 41st annual New England Booksellers Association annual meeting, talk of Amazon was in the air, specifically about the possibility of an antitrust case against the e-tailer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
European periodical and online publishers have urged the European Commission to reject Google’s latest proposal to settle an antitrust case.The commitments proposed by Google would not stop the company’s “abusive promotion of its own services,” the publishers said in their response, sent to the... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers who have settled an electronic book pricing dispute with the federal government say they object to penalties the government wants to impose on Apple Inc.A judge ruled in an antitrust case last month that Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple had joined a conspiracy to drive up the price of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple cost readers hundreds of million of dollars by conspiring with five major publishers to fix prices, government says. Apple says the antitrust case is bizarre. NEW YORK — Apple Inc. and five major publishers conspired to fix prices on ebooks, costing consumers hundreds of millions of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five book publishers over alleged ebook price fixing means that the publishers have to... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]