Consumer group asks Senator to intervene in Google-Yahoo deal

The Center for Digital Democracy has written Senate Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) asking him to call on the Department of Justice to oppose the partnership between the two companies, or at a minimum establish "meaningful safeguards" to the arrangement. CDD wants Chairman Kohl to press antitrust regulators to address potential privacy issues arising out of the search advertising partnership, as well as concerns about the deal reducing competition in the market. CDD cited concerns that the transaction may undermine competition and could ultimately reduce payments to newspaper publishers, which receive revenue from the two companies' online search ads and related services.
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