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In the News

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

In the News

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

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Larry Downes: Title II Disrupts the Disruptors

Larry Downes, project director of the Evolution of Regulation and Innovation project at the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy, said the FCC should reclassify…

July 17, 2017