Future Media w/ Ricky Sutton and Chapell

Joe Jerome, Senior Public Policy Manager at DuckDuckGo, discusses the urgent need for privacy in an age of surveillance. He explores how DuckDuckGo challenges ad-driven models to offer a non-invasive search experience. The conversation dives into the complexities of Google's market dominance and the ethical implications of AI in advertising. Jerome highlights the importance of competition in fostering innovation and protecting user rights, while also addressing the difficulties of enforcing privacy regulations in the face of powerful monopolies.

Marc Choquette, the SEO head at The Boston Globe, discusses the evolving landscape of journalism amid AI advancements. He shares insights on why original local reporting is thriving while clickbait struggles. Marc highlights the Globe's strategy of 'ship, learn, and repeat' in response to search trends and AI impacts. He delves into the resilience of subscription models and the importance of engaging local audiences. Optimism prevails as he envisions future collaboration between publishers and AI, offering hope for sustainable journalism.

Will Allen, Vice President of Product at Cloudflare, discusses the company's initiative to protect publishers from AI crawlers misusing their content. He elaborates on the balance Cloudflare seeks to strike between enabling responsible AI access and safeguarding creators' rights. The podcast dives into enforcement tactics, with a focus on distinguishing between good and bad AI actors, and potential legal remedies for publishers. Allen also addresses innovative pricing models and emphasizes Cloudflare's commitment to customer empowerment and high-quality content amid the AI influx.

Antitrust professor John Newman - veteran of both the US Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission - hasn’t minced words about Google’s monopoly in search.Today, he explains why the judge’s remedies miss the mark in both law and tone, how publishers and other victims can push back, and why a new generation of lawyers is preparing to fight for tougher rules to save the open web.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ad chief Joshua Lowcock was a key witness alongside Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in the antitrust trial that exposed Google’s dominance in both search and advertising.As global chief media officer at UM Worldwide, he oversaw billions in ad spend for some of the world’s biggest brands. His unflinching testimony helped the court rule Google held an ad tech monopoly.Today, he reveals what comes next.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Shoshana Wodinsky was a tech reporter for Gizmodo, AdWeek, and MarketWatch until reporting wasn’t enough. So she joined the US Federal Trade Commission. Soon, she was in the room with former chair Lina Khan, shaping decisions on Big Tech mergers and global privacy. Now she’s part of a new wave of journalists helping regulators swap out theory for real-world experience.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has led the charge against Google’s trio of monopolies in search, ad tech and app stores.As lead counsel for 38 US states, he had an influential say in the multi-year investigation that backed the US Department of Justice, and landed the landmark wins in court.Now, with verdicts in and remedies imminent, AG Weiser has a rare kind of power.His office will appoint one of three members to the technical committee tasked with dismantling Google’s empire. The other two picks will come from the DOJ and Google.That gives him the swing vote in how the post-Google internet takes shape.In this exclusive interview, AG Weiser reveals who should - and shouldn’t - get Chrome, what it might cost, and why Google’s long game of appeals may already be running out of road.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Four billion people use Chrome to access the web but after three antitrust losses, the Department of Justice has demanded the browser is spun out and handed to a new custodian to power the next generation of the open web.We are joined by leading voices in tech policy and browser tech to discuss how big a job that actually is. Alissa Cooper is the executive director of the Knight Georgetown Institute, and Eric Rescorla is the former CTO of the Firefox browser.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tim Cowen of Preiskel & Co joins Alan Chapell to discuss Google's antitrust woes, and the Movement for an Open Web's call for DOJ to more effectively harmonize the various remedies Google's antitrust trials given the interdependencies between the cases. They also compare and contrast the UK CMA's approach to reigning in Google Chrome with the DOJ's proposed use of a technical committee. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ricky Sutton and Chapell talk with competition and regulatory attorney Gene Burrus about Apple's participation in EU Digital Markets Act workshops. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.