Future Media w/ Ricky Sutton and Chapell

Antitrust lawyer Gene Burrus joins Ricky Sutton and Alan Chapell to discuss the implications of Apple's approach to complying with competition rulings around the globe - now that Apple was held to have violated an injunction in connection with it's competition suit with Epic Games. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sel...

Ricky Sutton and Alan Chapell walk through the implications of Google's antitrust remedies on the publishing industry - as they struggle to win the peace. Ricky emphasizes that now is NOT the time for incremental thinking. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

US Senators passed a bill called KOSA by 91 votes to three only for it to be derailed by Meta lobbying, leaving parents heartbroken and defeated. Is 2025 America even capable of fixing social media? Ricky and Alan are joined by KOSA expert Bailey Sanchez. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In this Scotch & Watch episode, Ricky and Chris talk about the implications of the Google ad tech antitrust decision by Judge Brinkema as well as the Meta antitrust trial. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

We got to the end of week one of FTC v Meta antitrust trial. Ricky and Alan are joined by Brendan Benedict who was sitting in the pews all week and has some fantastic perspective on the trial, the judge and Zuck. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

On April 14, Meta will enter a US antitrust court to face break-up. Ricky and Alan talk about the case - and the implications of having Zuck testify under oath as they attempt to clarify previous statements about the acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

There's an E a G and an O in Google. Might that be why the dumbass search engine decided to get personal with a lawmaker? Uh-oh... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Ricky and Alan chat with media futurist Erez Levin on the challenges faced by the publishing industry. The ad market is addicted to vanity metrics, but "they are pretty much worthless", says Erez. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

This Scotch and Watch goes deep on Google's EU experiment with the value of news publishers. Ricky Sutton with Chris Duncan. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Thirty years ago, lawmakers passed Section 230. It was intended to provide legal cover for innovative start-ups to create the world wide web. Since then, it's been abused by Big Tech. Now tech's decades-long heat shield maybe burning up. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The inside story of how the music labels won on piracy and streaming by partnering, not fighting, and went on to make a fortune... Ricky Sutton enjoys a discussion with Chris Duncan. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

An uneasy 20-year truce between publishing and Google is coming to an bitter end. Lawyers Miranda Nagy and Adil Abdulla are bringing class actions seeking billions in damages for publishers in Australia and Canada. This is the beginning of the fight back. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In 1985, the Apple scion predicted AI would be achieved when he could ask the philosopher a question and get an answer. So, I tried... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Two thirds of the world's four billion web users rely on Chrome to browse the open web. It's the most important tool no-one thinks about, but it might soon be taken away from Google to foster new competition and protect the open web. Ricky and Alan break down what this could mean. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell...

Big Tech reckons anything is fair game in the rush to create the AI future, but content owners argue that's just a convenient cover for old fashioned theft. Ricky and Alan are joined by copyright lawyer Peter Csathy to discuss the rights and wrongs in the biggest fight in content history. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-...

Ricky Sutton and Alan Chapell chat with Lawrence O'Toole about Google's AI search plans. Google promised its new AI Overviews replacement for search would improve search and transform the open web. But a year on, has it made the web better or just made more money? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Ricky Sutton chats with Chris Duncan. The Canadian government banned ads on Meta after the social network pulled news content during deadly bushfires. Now it's doing a U-turn after pressure from the White House...  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Ricky and Alan are joined by ad watchdog Arielle Garcia to expose the systemic failures that put global brand;s ads on a website publishing horrific scenes of abuse... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .