Now Congress Is Interested In Google/DoubleClick Deal
from the now-answer-this dept
This week, we pointed to a report that predicted the FTC would block Google's acquisition of DoubleClick on antitrust grounds. This particular case notwithstanding, the report's author made the argument that Google was likely to replace Microsoft as the chief target of antitrust enforcers. That prediction could be coming to fruition very quickly. In addition to the FTC's scrutiny of the deal, Congress has decided to drag Google in front of a committee to discuss the deal. This doesn't spell doom for the deal just yet, but it does suggest that politicians are growing wary of Google's power, in the same way they had concerns about Microsoft. It's no wonder the company has been busily beefing up its forces in Washington.
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they are grandstanding by Martin Edic on Jul 19th, 2007 @ 7:53am
If Google were not Google congress wouldn't touch this- it's a stunt, IMHO. Why not look at Microsoft's purchase of aQuantive which includes a major ad agency (AvenueA/Razorfish)? This is a real conflict as they will now be competing with their agency advertisers for clients.
As far as I can tell the Doubleclick deal does not include any agency properties. It is an natural expansion for a media company to acquire another technology, not a monopoly. There are many ad servers out there.
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next purchase by michael on Jul 19th, 2007 @ 8:06am
i heard google is gonna buy congress
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by Overcast on Jul 19th, 2007 @ 8:32am
Congress must not be getting a cut!
Either that - or double click is how the FBI and other agencies install spyware onto PC's and they couldn't have that compromised.
I wonder if we'll get arrested in the future for our words against 'The Government'.
hmmm.
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Re: next purchase by Anonymous Coward on Jul 19th, 2007 @ 9:23am
Why not everyone else has...
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two cents worth by Trouble Maker on Jul 19th, 2007 @ 9:56am
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Re: next purchase by Charles Griswold on Jul 19th, 2007 @ 5:03pm
They're only doing this to compete with Microsoft(R) Congress(R). Neither company is very concerned with OpenCongress or FreeCongress, which have lately had very few active developers.(reply to this comment) (link to this comment)
Google/Double Click by geri on Jul 21st, 2007 @ 7:48pm
This was does definitely need review... But let's look at who is complaining... Microsoft and AT&T.... Make ya' wonder!
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