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Google purchase of AdMob facing anti-trust scrutiny

article published on 24 December, 2009

In November, Google announced its intent to purchase mobile advertising giant AdMob for $750 million USD. This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has said they are looking closer into the deal, seeing if the purchase would violate anti-trust regulations. Google notes that mostly all acquisitions that get "second requests" from the FTC still end up getting approved, however, the ... [ read the full article ]

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atomicxl
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_ 		25. December 2009 @ 13:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's about time. Google has a dominating position in pretty much anything involving advertising on the internet. It probably rivals or exceeds MS' domination of operating systems in terms of marketshare.
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I love how the FTC gives everyone this illusion that Google is on thin ice. Google has been a violation of the FTC from before it bought YouTube. Google all but completely owns the second largest medium for commerce: the internet. And nobody says a word, it's almost like they're afraid to talk out against Google. Hell, I don't blame you. But you know who's more afraid of Google than you and I? The FTC.
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