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Stories that mattered this week: Google monopoly, X sues advertisers, Meta earnings
Description
Jack Benjamin and Omar Oakes discuss the major media and advertising stories of the week, including the verdict in Google's US antitrust case, how social media companies have been implicated in the spread of far-right violence across the UK and the latest financial results for WPP, Amazon, Snap and Meta.
Highlights:
00:20: Google is a monopoly. So what happens next?
6:38: Elon Musk spars with Sir Keir Starmer; X sues advertisers
13:59: Meta earnings and the future of smart glasses
17:35: News round-up: Warner Bro Discovery sales; Evan Gershkovich goes home; US sues TikTok; July box office
Related links:
CMA urged to move against Google following US antitrust decision
Social media isn’t solely to blame for the shameful riots
Meta’s on a mission to become an advertiser’s one-stop shop
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