Very glad to see this. I want to echo the thanks to The New York Times senior counsel Al-Amyn Sumar, who has argued tirelessly for press access to this trial.

And Nico Grant reported yesterday that around $18 billion of that sum went to Apple. nytimes.com/2023/10/26/tec…

News w/ Tripp Mickle: The Justice Department could file an antitrust lawsuit against Apple in the first half of this year, as its inquiry into the company reaches the late stages and senior officials review its findings. nytimes.com/2024/01/05/tec…

New: The FTC has launched an inquiry into Microsoft's investment in OpenAI and Google and Amazon's investments in Anthropic. The findings of the study could influence later formal investigations into whether the companies have broken any laws. nytimes.com/2024/01/25/tec…

There are a lot of great reporters on this list. I've shared a beat with Ryan Tracy and John McKinnon for years — both stand-up colleagues who break news and write sharp stories.

Thanks to the First Amendment Coalition (follow us on Bluesky) for recognizing our work to improve public access to the U.S. v. Google antitrust trial. It has been a true team effort.

More than a decade ago tech used this playbook to beat back a pair of copyright laws. Today's effort by TikTok ended in a very different outcome. nytimes.com/2024/03/07/bus…

Such great news!

New: DOJ plans to argue that Live Nation would use one part of its business to reinforce its power in another part. Live Nation artists ended up at venues that used Ticketmaster &c. Those tactics raised ticket prices and fees for consumers, it will argue. nytimes.com/2024/05/22/tec…

Our March profile of Jonathan Kanter, the Justice Department official (and hobbyist musician) whose team sued Live Nation and Ticketmaster today. nytimes.com/2024/03/22/tec…

Scoop: Antitrust regulators have reached a deal that clears the way for federal investigations into the conduct of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI in the AI industry. It is expected to be finalized in the coming days. nytimes.com/2024/06/05/tec…

New: In a mostly-redacted portion of a court filing, a U.S. official says that TikTok and ByteDance have “taken action in response” to Chinese “demands to censor content outside of China." nytimes.com/2024/07/27/tec… w/ Sapna Maheshwari

Breaking: Google broke antitrust law to maintain its dominance over online search, a judge rules, in a major victory for the Department of Justice. “Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly." nytimes.com/2024/08/05/tec…