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House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Meeting On Friday To Talk Press

By  |  March 9, 2021
On March 12th at 10:00 am, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law will hold a hearing entitled, “Reviving Competition, Part 2: Saving the Free and Diverse Press.”

This is the second in a series of hearings that will address the House Judiciary Committee’s competition agenda in the 117th Congress following its 16-month, bipartisan investigation into the state of competition online, which examined (1) competition problems in digital markets; (2) whether dominant firms had engaged in anticompetitive conduct online; and (3) the adequacy of current laws and enforcement levels to address these issues.

Witnesses:                  
David Chavern, President and Chief Executive Officer, News Media Alliance
Brad Smith, President, Microsoft
Emily Barr, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Graham Media Group, and Television Board Chair, National Association of Broadcasters
Jonathan Schleuss, President, NewsGuild-CWA
More witnesses to be announced