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- In the News
As Trial Approaches, Here are 5 Arguments For and Against a AT&T-Time Warner Merger
In some ways, legacy companies are the weakest competitors, said Larry Downes, a researcher at Georgetown University who studies the intersection of technology and public policy.…
January 17, 2018
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Finding Your Company’s Second Act
An article by Larry Downes, project director, Center for Business and Public Policy: “In July 2016 a pandemic broke out. Tiny monsters known as Pokémon suddenly appeared all…
January 1, 2018
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Where Were Netflix And Google In The Net-Neutrality Fight?
“From [these companies’] standpoint, it doesn’t really matter who’s enforcing net neutrality, or if there’s net neutrality at all—they don’t need it,” Larry,…
December 20, 2017
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The Disney-Fox Deal Has Friends In High Places
Larry Downes, an antitrust expert and a fellow at the Georgetown McDonough School of Business, agreed. “The government's theory in Time Warner very much applies to Fox and…
December 14, 2017
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Uber is the Latest U.S. Tech Company to Face Regulatory Backlash in Europe
“The U.S. has a successful digital economy and the EU does not,” said Larry Downes, project director at Georgetown’s Center for Business and Public Policy. “Clearly the…
November 10, 2017
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Wireless Carriers Embracing 5G, Figuring Out How to Monetize Investments
The business case for 5G investment is still being made, said speakers at a Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy conference Wednesday. There’s huge interest among…
October 26, 2017
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How Good is Your Broadband? The FCC Needs to Know.
An op-ed by Larry Downes, project director, Center for Business and Public Policy: “In today’s hyperpoliticized technology policy environment, even an annual report can cause…
September 13, 2017
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Big Tech’s Massive Expansion in Video is a Vote of Confidence in the Free Internet
An op-ed by Anna-Maria Kovacs, a visiting senior policy scholar at the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy: “Advocates of regulation of broadband internet service…
September 11, 2017
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New Regulations to Change How Advertisers Use Our Data
“Customers expect personalised content from the news services they use – so why should ads be different? As Larry Downes from Georgetown University’s Center for Business…
August 18, 2017
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U.S. Trade Policy
The Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy hosted a discussion on the future of U.S. trade policy, and particularly trade protection measures proposed by President.…
July 21, 2017