Media Institute: Google is Monopoly FTC Should Rein In

The Media Institute has told the Federal Trade Commission that the government needs to step in to remedy the "threat" to competitors in the digital space posed by Google's unrivaled dominance in the search and advertising marketplace.

That came in a White Paper submitted by the institute as the FTC vets Google's search and ad businesses. The Institute is an independent First Amendment think tank supported by major media companies and more frequently associated with arguing against government entry into the media space. It points out in the paper that all those media need to compete in a digital space where Google is its major competitor for advertising.