{"id":14558,"date":"2023-08-26T01:10:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T01:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/investing\/ftc-chair-khan-does-not-understand-the-media-biz-warns-analyst\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T01:10:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T01:10:51","slug":"ftc-chair-khan-does-not-understand-the-media-biz-warns-analyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=14558","title":{"rendered":"FTC chair Khan \u2018does not understand the media biz,\u2019 warns analyst"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You can add a prominent media analyst to the chorus of critics of U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe Khan\u2019s commentary lacked a fundamental understanding of the state of competition in the media sector today and the benefits the current market structure is yielding consumers,\u201d LightShed Partners analyst Richard Greenfield and his colleagues assert in a dissection of Khan\u2019s comments during a recent podcast with The Ankler.<\/p>\n

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Citing multiple passages in the podcast where Khan offers viewpoints on the state of the media industry, including the quantity and quality of content, the LightShed team conclude the Khan-led FTC will \u201cmake future M&A difficult and that legacy media will need to fight for transactions in court.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf legacy media companies are prevented from consolidating, we believe they will be less capable of competing with tech giants and the end result will be less content for consumers at higher prices,\u201d Greenfield said in a note Thursday. <\/p>\n

LightShed\u2019s criticisms add even more pressure on Khan, who vowed to take on Big Tech on anticompetitive grounds when she started more than two years ago. <\/p>\n

Following recent losses to Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc.\u00a0
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\n and Microsoft Corp.\u00a0
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\n over proposed acquisitions, the agency is in need of a win of some sort. Meanwhile, a years-long-rumored crackdown on Amazon.com Inc.
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\n has yet to happen, even though the FTC is apparently close to filing a complaint, according to reports. <\/p>\n

Read more: After loss against Meta, Lina Khan\u2019s ability to rein in Big Tech with the FTC is being questioned<\/strong><\/p>\n

Expanding on the second-guessing of Khan is the perception that the agency\u2019s approach is overly ambitious.<\/p>\n

\u201cLIna Khan needs to work on her aim,\u201d The Information said in an analysis questioning her strategy. Exhibit A was a federal judge\u2019s\u00a0ruling against the FTC\u2019s big to block Microsoft\u2019s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc.
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\n was \u201cso definitive that it has to hurt the regulator\u2019s credibility, at least when it comes to tech cases.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ruling suggests the author, is that \u201cby going after all tech, all the time, Khan is overreaching and risks achieving nothing. The taxpayers whose money she is spending have a right to a more refined approach.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the ruling, the judge gave eight reasons the FTC failed to prove Microsoft had an incentive to withhold the hit game Call of Duty. \u201cDespite the\u2026production of nearly 1 million documents and 30 depositions, the FTC has not identified a single document which contradicts Microsoft\u2019s publicly-stated commitment to make Call of Duty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more: FTC\u2019s probe of OpenAI marks key moment in Khan\u2019s push to rein in Big Tech<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can add a prominent media analyst to the chorus of critics of U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan. \u201cWe believe Khan\u2019s commentary lacked a fundamental understanding of the state of competition in the media sector today and the benefits the current market structure is yielding consumers,\u201d LightShed Partners analyst Richard Greenfield and his<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14558","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-investing"},"yoast_head":"\nFTC chair Khan \u2018does not understand the media biz,\u2019 warns analyst | iSafeSpend<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You can add a prominent media analyst to the chorus of critics of U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan. 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