I think as long as they were acting as the conduit for pricing information and plans between competitors they were in a risky position (or were at least putting

I think as long as they were acting as the conduit for pricing information and plans between competitors they were in a risky position (or were at least putting the competitors in a risky position). The talk about their ability to raise/increase prices looked fairly incriminating to my eyes. What I wonder is if they could have achieved the same result with less explicit talk about what the other publishers were doing and without discussing it as an opportunity to raise prices but to set whatever prices they wanted.