Google won&#x27;t have to break up its ads business after being declared an online monopolist. Meanwhile, Amazon faces a lawsuit from the FTC alleging that it charged advertisers more than necessary for ecommerce ads.

Google Had Its Day In Court. Now, It's Amazon's Turn

The Big Story

[SPEAKER_A] Welcome to The Big Story, a roundtable featuring members of the Ad Exchanger editorial team.

[SPEAKER_B] Every week, we bring you an in-depth discussion of key developments in digital marketing and media.

[SPEAKER_A] Today's episode is sponsored by Basis, the leading intelligent operating system for autonomous advertising. Its enterprise AI solution transforms campaign briefs into strategies and media plans that integrate directly into omnichannel activation. You can learn more at basis.com.

[SPEAKER_B] Hello listeners, welcome to this week's episode of The Big Story. I'm Alyssa Boyle, senior editor of AdXchanger and Synopsys, covering for our fearless leader, Sarah Sluice. So it's never a slow week in ad tech. This week we're going to do a bit of a roundup of some of the biggest news developments, plus some of the bigger news that we've covered over the last week. So in a nutshell, we're going to talk about how big tech companies have been facing quite a few legal battles this week. News broke that a federal judge rejected the Department of Justice's request to force Google to divest parts of its ad business after Google was found to have a monopoly over online ad auctions.

[SPEAKER_C] Womp womp.

[SPEAKER_B] The other major news headline of the week is that the FTC is suing Amazon for allegedly making advertisers pay more than they needed to for ads on the ecommerce site.

[SPEAKER_A] Yikes.

[SPEAKER_B] And in the second part of today's episode, we'll be a little bit more, um, a little less womp womp, a little more AI. Yay! Uh, we're going to talk about some of the major AI developments our team has been covering in the last week.

Google Had Its Day In Court. Now, It's Amazon's Turn

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Google Had Its Day In Court. Now, It's Amazon's Turn

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.