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  The New York Times reported on the launch and
  ambitions of the American Economic Liberties
  Project, profiling Executive Director Sarah Miller
  and writing that the community of advocates
  working to confront corporate concentration have
  "finally found themselves at the center of the po-
  litical conversation." Miller was previously Deputy
  Director of the Open Markets Institute. Read the
  coverage here.

The Latest from Economic Liberties

Q-Tips, Ben & Jerry’s, and Mayonnaise?
Vox wrote an exclusive on Economic
  Liberties’ out-of-the-gate feature illuminating how
  dozens, even hundreds, of common brands are
  owned by a handful of conglomerates.
  Read Vox's coverage here and browse the full re-
  port here.

  Trump Admin: What Monopoly Problem?
  Economic Liberties criticized the annual Econom-
  ic Report of the President as “divorced from reali-
  ty.” Read The New York Times’ coverage
here.

Coronavirus and Concentrated Power

Matt Stoller's article in Wired on how economic
  concentration combined with an impending pan-
  demic could hurt our economy and politics
  went ... viral. (Sorry.) Read it here.

Regulate Us, Really

After Facebook released a self-serving plan for
  regulating social media, Sarah Miller explained
  how following Facebook's lead would fortify its
  power. Watch here on Bloomberg TV.

  Corporate Scale and China
  Matt Stoller debated Rob Atkinson of the Infor-
  mation Technology and Innovation Foundation on
  the relationship of corporates scale to the chal-
  lenge of China before Senator Marco Rubio's
  Project for Strong Labor Markets and National
  Development. Read more in Matt's popular news-
  letter, BIG.

Notable Developments

Labor unions representing more than 5 million members demanded that the Federal Trade Commission open an investigation into Amazon’s market power. (The New York Times)
The FTC launched a study of Big Tech’s past acquisitions, a wonky but meaningful development which FTC Chairman Joe Simons said could lead to “unwinding” past mergers. (MarketWatch)
The Markup discovered that Google is throttling emails from progressive campaigns and organizations — then asking them to pay up, a common monopolistic tactic. (Motherboard)
The Omidyar Network published a paper pointing to Big Tech’s “unchecked power” as the root cause of their many harms. (Omidyar)

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