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Am I missing something here? Ars Technica article from OP is dated 7/8/2022 but the referenced source is from February 2020 > The US Justice Department is gear
by Willish42 4y ago
Am I missing something here? Ars Technica article from OP is dated 7/8/2022 but the referenced source is from February 2020
> The US Justice Department is gearing up for a possible antitrust lawsuit against Google's ad business, and a new report from The Wall Street Journal [1] outlines a "concession" Google is proposing in response to the investigation. Google might split up some of its ad business and move it to Google's parent company, Alphabet.
Even the archive link [2] shows this is from over two years ago from when archives were taken
[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-ramps-up-google-probe-with-heavy-focus-on-ad-tools-11580904003 https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-ramps-up-goo...
[2] https://archive.ph/L9NwY https://archive.ph/L9NwY
- strongpigeon 4y agoIndeed, I can't seem to find the crucial part from Ars in the WSJ article, namely the : "As part of one offer, Google has proposed splitting parts of its business that auctions and places ads on websites and apps into a separate company under the Alphabet umbrella, some of the people said. That entity could potentially be valued at tens of billions of dollars, depending on what assets it contained."
- jefftk 4y agoArs accidently linked the wrong WSJ article. They meant to link today's https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-offers-concessions-to-fend-off-u-s-antitrust-lawsuit-11657296591 https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-offers-concessions-to-fe... As part of one offer, Google has proposed splitting parts of its business that auctions and places ads on websites and apps into a separate company under the Alphabet umbrella
- Willish42 4y agoaha! Thank you for figuring this out and taking the time to reply