Jacob Parry
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Journalist, @capitolforum. Competition news from the EU, UK and beyond. Counter-programming on books, ideas, art & design. Views are my own.
Brussels
Joined August 2008
I'll be speaking with Tim Cowen @TC_4KBW today about where the EC, CMA and DOJ Google Ad Tech cases may be headed in the year to come. Tune in at 4pm CET / 10am EST.
Join us November 21st for a conference call with Preiskel & Co LLP's @TC_4KBW. Learn more about: * Next steps in the EC's ad tech investigation * The DOJ case following Donald Trump’s election * What role will the UK CMA want to play? RSVP:
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Out in cinemas today in Brussels – I highly recommend!
‘Julie Keeps Quiet’, le film belge candidat aux Oscars de Leonardo van Dijl, en salles dès le 16/10 ! 🎾
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Keep a breakup of #Google on the table in the @EU_commission ad tech case, say a group of civil society groups in a letter to @vestager and @Teresaribera. "Lesser tools [...] will fail here," they write, asking DG COMP to work with 🇺🇸 @JusticeATR in designing a divestment.
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RT @EU_Competition: 🔴 Today the @EU_Commission has appointed Prof. Emanuele Tarantino @PonteaEma as new Chief Competition Economist at the…
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.@EmmanuelMacron puts forward Stéphane Séjourné as Commissioner Candidate for a portfolio "centered on the challenges of industrial sovereignty, technology and European competitiveness"
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RT @MehreenKhn: This week, the European Commission won an 8-year battle to force Apple to pay 13 billion in unpaid taxes. It all started…
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RT @Capitol_Forum: EC Sends Questionnaires to Broadcom Customers Asking About VMware Licensing Changes, Alternative Software Options $AVGO…
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"The 🇮🇪 [Department of Finance] confirmed that over €10 million has been spent so far on managing the Apple tax case."
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RT @simonvandorpe: 📢 Big News: European Commission unexpectedly wins its 14.2 billion euro tax case against Apple and Ireland before EU's h…
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🇬🇧@CMAgovuk finds that Microsoft's poaching of Inflection staff constitutes a merger under UK law but that that it doesn't raise serious competition concerns
We’ve cleared Microsoft’s arrangements with #Inflection which includes the hiring of former Inflection employees. Joel Bamford, our Executive Director of Mergers, discusses the process leading up to the decision. Read the article: #Microsoft #AI
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A clear warning signal from a group of civil society orgs on the potential costs should the next @EU_Commission over-fixate on 'competitiveness'. "Corporate welfare packages to the biggest firms' would reinforce abuses of market power and rent-seeking," they say.
European leaders risk increasing inequalities by turbo-charging failed “competitiveness” models. Our civil society briefing with @BalancedEconomy & @RebalanceNow_de on the problematic debate around the Letta and the Draghi report:
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I am excited to announce that I have started a new position as Senior Editor for Europe at @Capitol_Forum! I will continue to be based in Brussels and look forward to continuing to cover EU competition policy. Please get in touch for coffee, tips and/or my new contact info.
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Google's terms for copyright payments to French publishers lack transparency, says Mediapart, which reveals it turned down a 'substantial' sum last month. "It's our responsibility to not cede our independence," per publisher @CarineFouteau
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"'Pay has not increased since 2019, despite +20% inflation', say drivers, who also take issue with decisions to deconnect them from the app that are made by an algorithm without any chance to defend themselves”.
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RT @ruppe_p: Amazon is an undertaking with paramount significance for #competition across markets🕸️ - § 19a GWB (German competition act) ap…
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