Conference | Breaking the News, Free Speech & Democracy in the Age of Platform Monopoly
Open Markets Institute and the Tow Center at the Columbia School of Journalism gather a variety of speakers for a multi-panel conference on how the power and business models of large online and telecom intermediaries affect the ability of reporters and editors to gather and distribute news in the 21st century.
How do we ensure that America’s journalists are fully independent, and that they are robustly supported to report the news, both nationally and locally, that is so vital to sustaining our democracy?
Check out all four of our panel discussions exploring this question below along with keynote speeches from:
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
Makan Delrahim, Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, Department of Justice
Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law
Mark Thompson, CEO, The New York Times
Robert Thomson, CEO, News Corporation
Panel 1 - The New Gatekeepers: Journalism in the Era of Platform Monopoly
Keynote Speech:
Makan Delrahim, Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, Department of Justice
Read his speech transcript here.
Panelists:
Jason Kint, CEO, Digital Content Next
Julia Angwin, Author of Dragnet Nation and former Senior Reporter, ProPublica
Ben Smith, Editor-in-Chief, Buzzfeed
Lina Khan, Author of Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox and Director of Legal Policy, Open Markets Institute
Panel 2 - The Effects of Information Bottlenecks: Propaganda, Misinformation, Loss of Privacy
Keynote Speech:
Robert Thomson, CEO, News Corporation
Read his speech transcript here.
Mark Thompson, CEO, The New York Times
Read his speech transcript here.
PanelISTS:
Roger McNamee, Managing Director, Elevation Partners
Marc Rotenberg, President, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Sally Hubbard, Senior Editor, The Capitol Forum
Esha Bhandari, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project
Rana Foroohar, Global Business Columnist, Financial Times, and Global Economic Analyst, CNN
Panel 3 - The Effects of Information Bottlenecks: The Decline of Local and Special Interest News
Keynote Speech:
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
PanelISTS:
Janet Hasson, Regional Vice President & Publisher, The Providence Journal
Terrance Egger, Publisher, Philadelphia Media Network
Ryan Kelly, Pulitzer Prize Winner and former Photojournalist at The Daily Progress
Stephenetta Harmon, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Emily Bell, Professor of Professional Practice & Director, Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia University
Panel 4 - Private and Public Pathways to Independent and Diverse Journalism in the 21st Century
Keynote SPEECH:
Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law
PANELISTS:
Richard John, Professor of History & Communications, Columbia Journalism School
Tom Wheeler, Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
Christian D’Cunha, Head of Private Office of Giovanni Buttarelli, European Data Protection Supervisor
Olivier Sylvain, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University
Jason White, Director of News Partnerships, Facebook
Jonathan Kanter, Partner, Paul/Weiss, Antitrust Practice
Zephyr Teachout, Author of Corruption in America and Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University