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It's curious that the publishers' trade group lobbying Congress to allow them to form a cartel made their argument in a Wall Street Journal editorial. "How Ant
by panarky 9y ago
It's curious that the publishers' trade group lobbying Congress to allow them to form a cartel made their argument in a Wall Street Journal editorial.
"How Antitrust Undermines Press Freedom" https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-antitrust-undermines-press-freedom-1499638532 https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-antitrust-undermines-press-...
Since the WSJ is paywalled the public can't even read their argument.
What's the rationale here? Does paywalling their argument get more subscribers for the WSJ? Or does it intentionally limit visibility to elites likely to have a subscription while keeping the public in the dark?