The Monopoly Report

The Monopoly Report

In-depth coverage of legal and antitrust issues surrounding big tech from Marketecture.tv.

We are covering the Google search and ad tech trials and everything else happening in and around big tech. Subscribe to our newsletter at https://monopoly.marketecture.tv

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Recent Episodes

Nov. 20, 2024

Episode 7: Bill Wise on the Google monopoly and what to do (or not do) about it

The latest episode of the Monopoly Report brings guests Bill Wise from MediaOcean to discuss the ongoing cases brought by the DOJ and the UK Competition and Markets Authority, emphasizing the potential for structural remedie…
Nov. 13, 2024

Episode 6: Duncan McCall on Protecting Consumer Location Data

Alan Chapell and Duncan McCall talk location privacy in the advertising industry, highlighting the pressing need for better consumer protection. They discuss how the precise location space has faced significant scrutiny due …
Nov. 6, 2024

Episode 5: What we learned from the updated DOJ and Google findings of fact

We got a last minute document dump as 1,000 pages of "facts" were published ny the DOJ and Google in advance of final arguments in the ad tech antitrust case. Alan and Ari try to figure out what it all means.
Oct. 30, 2024

Episode 4: Is Tik Tok really going to get banned? With Megan Gray.

Well, is it? We walk through the law, the court case, and the politics of a Tik Tok ban.
Oct. 23, 2024

Episode 3: Terry Kawaja on the impact of the FTC on M&A and a potential Google spin-out

Terry Kawaja of Luma Partners comes on to discuss a wide range of tropics including Lina Kahn's effect on the M&A market and the potential for a Google spin-out.
Oct. 15, 2024

Episode 2: Tim Cowen on the proposed search antitrust remedies

Tim Cowen, the Chair of the Antitrust Practice at Preiskel & Co LLP comes on the show to talk with Alan and Ari about the DOJ's remedies framework and how it might play out.

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Alan Chapell

CEO, The Chapell Report

Alan Chapell began his career at a boutique direct marketing agency in Connecticut. In 1996, he founded the privacy program at Jupiter Research, an Internet research firm. After his tenure at Jupiter, Chapell helped develop DoubleClick’s research product suite. He founded Chapell & Associates in October of 2003. Over the past 16 years, Chapell has worked with dozens of premium adtech and martech companies as outside counsel and privacy advisor. Chapell graduated from the University of Connecticut and Fordham University School of Law and is a member of the New York bar as well as a Certified Information Privacy Professional. He’s also a sought after speaker and a regulator contributor to Adexchanger and other publications.

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Ari Paparo

CEO

Ari Paparo is the CEO of Marketecture Media and the host of this podcast.

Ari is a well-known expert in the advertising technology world. He was the co-founder and CEO of Beeswax, an innovative ad tech platform that created the industry's first Bidder-as-a-ServiceTM. Beeswax was acquired by Comcast in 2021.

Previously, Ari has held a number of product leadership positions in the ad tech and marketing tech sectors, most recently as EVP of Product Management for Bazaarvoice, a publicly traded SaaS company that enables retailers and brands to better connect to their consumers through ratings, reviews, photos and other user generated content. Formerly, he was the Director of Product Management at Google’s DoubleClick business and the head of product management for AppNexus.

Ari was the primary author of the VAST (Video Ad Serving Template) specification for online video and the patent holder for Nielsen's Digital Advertising Ratings ("DAR"). He is a frequent contributor to AdExchanger, Insider and other industry publications as well as a speaker at advertising industry conferences.