TBD | The FTC’s Merger Shakedown

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🗓️ 29 June 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Under a normal administration, a merger between two large advertising firms might attract the government’s interest for anti-monopoly reasons. Under this one, the Federal Trade Commission is creating conditions to…ensure that X still gets advertiser dollars? Guest: Kate Conger, technology reporter for the New York Times. Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.9	the 11th
0:24.5	July.
0:24.6	The first
0:25.6	Not long
0:29.6	after Elon Musk
0:34.5	bought Twitter,
0:35.4	a non-profit
0:36.1	advertising
	...

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