I'm leading 12 states in challenging the proposed merger of Warner Bros. and Paramount and asking the court to block the deal. CA's film and entertainment industry touches the lives of Americans daily. We’re going to court to fight for a free and fair market and protect this iconic industry.

When dominant tech platforms dictate the terms for journalism, they gain extraordinary power over the information citizens depend on. France's Meta ruling recognizes that protecting independent media is also about protecting democratic sovereignty. www.openmarketsinstitute.eu/publications...

We're especially looking forward to the very first conversation of the day on Wednesday, featuring @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov & @juliaangwin.com. AG Bonta is leading the charge in the states in fighting concentrated corporate control over our information / news / media environment. 💪

📆Heads-up for folks in D.C.! @openmarkets.bsky.social is hosting its 2026 flagship event on Wed 24, featuring California's AG @robbonta.bsky.social in conversation with @juliaangwin.com in the morning that day. The speakers line-up overall is just great 💪 www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

On Wednesday, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority said it will force Google to give publishers real control over whether their content powers AI-generated search summaries. It's a big deal. From @courtneyr.bsky.social @techpolicypress.bsky.social: www.techpolicy.press/uk-regulator...

BIG NEWS in the UK as its competition regulator announces Google will need to adhere to new conduct requirements in their use of publisher content for AI Overviews. Our reactions: cmdg.tech/publications...

Thanks to @rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social for allowing us to share our latest report in their newsletter. "AI’s Licensing Market Is Leaving Independent Journalism Behind". Read it here: mailchi.mp/rebuildlocal...

Big Tech inserted itself between readers and publishers, buyers & sellers, workers and customers. Now it is inserting AI agents between you & everything else. A new report from @sallyhubbard.bsky.social asks the defining question of the next internet: Who do AI agents work for?

Here's a spot-on break-down of our report on how the AI content licensing market risks repeating the same policy mistakes from the social media & search consolidation era. Thanks to @niemanlab.org @andrewdeck.bsky.social for the coverage. www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/the-...

Exciting news from us today: We're now the Center for Media & Digital Governance @openmarkets.bsky.social cmdg.tech/publications...

TOMORROW: We hope you'll join us & @newsmediaalliance.bsky.social to learn about the emerging AI content marketplace & ways to make it better / fairer for journalists. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

"The FTC and FCC are no longer being used as intended: to govern fairness in our markets. They are increasingly being used to shape the information environment itself..." New, from @courtneyr.bsky.social in @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our recent deep dive into the emerging AI content marketplace includes a set of concrete recommendations for policymakers to dramatically improve sourcing and compensation in AI. Join us & @newsmediaalliance.bsky.social Tuesday to discuss it: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Australia has had a lot of success getting Big Tech to fairly pay for news with its new media bargaining codes. Now, to build on that progress: www.seattletimes.com/opinion/aust...

A brand new report from our fellow Matt Scherer warns that the AI boom is increasingly showing the hallmarks of a dangerous speculative bubble & urges policymakers to prepare now to resist future demands to bail out major tech companies if the market collapses.

Freedom of the Press Foundation & Reporters Without Borders, shareholders of Paramount, are demanding to see records related to Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount, & Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Predatory business practices and failed public policy have made artificial intelligence a potentially existential threat to journalism. New technology could offer an important step toward a solution, writes @courtneyr.bsky.social, director @cjl4news.bsky.social @openmarkets.bsky.social.

For years, Big Tech has hoovered up the advertising revenues that once sustained journalism, especially local newspapers. Now AI companies are using publishers’ work to train models while sending little traffic or compensation back. 1/2

Tune in tomorrow at 11 am ET as we talk through our latest report on how a flawed AI content market is accelerating ‘content cannibalization’ -- and how to fix it. Find the report here: www.journalismliberty.org/publications...

Tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. ET: Join our conference call with Dr. Courtney Radsch (@openmarkets.bsky.social) on the emerging market for AI content licensing. We’ll discuss market structure, platform dynamics, and risks for competition and media. RSVP: thecapitolforum.com/events/?utm_...

Our response to FCC attempt to censor ABC: “This effort to turn broadcast licenses into loyalty oaths is truly breathtaking hypocrisy from a movement that claimed to champion free speech but is now turning the FCC into a state censorship bureau...” www.journalismliberty.org/publications...

The AI content licensing market could provide an opportunity for a more level playing field, but it could also once again create dependency on intermediaries for monetization & access to audiences in the AI age. Learn more in our new report: www.journalismliberty.org/publications...

"Either we fix this, or we’ll see yet another crisis in journalism and media." That's the warning from a first-of-its-kind report that maps the entire AI content licensing market, describes how it comes up short, & offers real fixes.

Excellent news in Brazil as the competition authority reopens its investigation into Google -- this time focused on how its AI summaries stifle the news. www.journalismliberty.org/publications...

When a deal serves shareholders and no one else... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A Paramount-Warner Bros. merger would be horrible for creative content producers and for the broader marketplace of ideas. @courtneyr.bsky.social breaks down exactly why we must oppose it: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

ICYMI: Big star power opposing the Paramount - Warner Bros deal variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Big Tech’s legal shield may finally be cracking. Two jury verdicts just shifted the debate from content moderation to system design—holding Meta & Google liable for how their platforms are built.

Glad to see state AGs take this on: thehill.com/homenews/med...

The film & television industry has already been allowed to consolidate to the point where a handful of corporations control what stories get told, who gets to tell them, & on what terms. Allowing Paramount to absorb Warner Bros. Discovery is a bad call, plain & simple.

@sulliview.bsky.social spoke with @courtneyr.bsky.social for @theguardian.com piece examining Trump's role in Paramount's move to acquire Warner Bros. -- and CNN. We've already called on state AGs to investigate. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This would be welcome news:

A Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery deal must not be allowed to go forward. Our reaction: www.journalismliberty.org/publications...

Important new resource: A small number of large corporations already control much of the media we watch/consume. Learn more about how proposed mergers - Netflix, Paramount, Warner Bros, Nexstar - would make it worse: blockthemerger.vercel.app

Another reminder seems useful:

CJL Director @courtneyr.bsky.social breaks down the latest Colbert free press controversy: substack.com/home/post/p-...

ICYMI: Incorporating ads into GenAI is a recipe for manipulation & further decline of our information environment. Kudos to Zoe for speaking out. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...

For 8 years my stories had to include: "Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post, but I review all technology with the same critical eye." Not anymore. My first Substack is about what it was like covering Amazon while Bezos paid my salary—and why tech accountability matters more than ever bit.ly/4rAmcRn

European Publishers Council files EU antitrust complaint about Google's AI Overviews reut.rs/3ZYsdeX

Big Tech redirected eyeballs + advertising revenue away from reliable news. Tech oligarch Jeff Bezos is cratering the Washington Post. At CJL, we focus on solutions to journalism's Big Tech problem. 1/2

Before the House Judiciary Cmte. kicks off their hearing on how the EU supposedly threatens American free speech, here's a brief on how it's actually the opposite: Dominant tech companies, unchecked, have manipulated all of our political discourse. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

Our director @courtneyr.bsky.social spoke in Berlin last week about the necessity of protecting journalism in the AI Age -- and how to do it: akademie.dw.com/en/breaking-...

Big Tech doesn’t need free expression to make billions of dollars in advertising revenue. In fact, a more censorious platform full of only brand-safe speech is infinitely more profitable. Read my latest in @zeteo.com

“Political parties have sought to crack down on independent journalism, especially when it challenges power…” @taylorlorenz.bsky.social explains why Americans shouldn’t count on Big Tech to protect free speech following the US takeover of TikTok. Read the full article: zeteo.com/p/trump-tikt...

If the FCC approves the Nexstar-TEGNA merger, the combined entity would own 265 full-power television stations in 44 states and DC, and would be present in 132 of the country’s 210 television Designated Market Areas (DMAs.). That's far too many. www.tvtechnology.com/regulatory-l...

We've signed a letter to the FCC alongside dozens of expert groups reminding the agency of its duty to reject Nexstar Media's proposed TEGNA acquisition. 1/3 www.tvtechnology.com/regulatory-l...

Recall that this rule was put in place after private equity firms made millions by firing nurses to cut down on labor costs—and killed thousands of people in the process www.cbsnews.com/news/nursing...

Meta exercises an illegal monopoly over the social media information environment. It harms users, the free press, and our democracy overall. From @openmarkets.bsky.social legal expert Tara Pincock below. Glad to see the FTC appeal a bad decision.

Your reminder that whether Netflix, Paramount, or otherwise, a Warner Bros buy-out is a bad deal: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

The trend is clear: Streaming prices are soaring as the industry rapidly consolidates. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...