Tiffany Hsu

3 days ago | nytimes.com | Tiffany Hsu

America’s rivals celebrated as the Trump administration set out to dismantle its global influence and information infrastructure, including the media outlets that had helped market the United States as the world’s moral and cultural authority. The editor in chief of RT, the Kremlin-backed news network, crowed about President Trump’s “awesome decision” to shut down Voice of America, the federally funded network that reports in countries with limited press freedom.

4 days ago | nytimes.com | Lauren Hirsch |Tiffany Hsu

The Federal Trade Commission has paved the way for the advertising giants Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group to complete a long-awaited $13.5 billion merger, after the companies agreed that they would not boycott media platforms because of the platforms’ political content. The agreement, detailed in a consent decree that the F.T.C. announced on Monday, is an unusual move by one of the nation’s principal antitrust regulators.

2 weeks ago | sanluisobispo.com | Lauren Hirsch |Benjamin Mullin |Kate Conger |Tiffany Hsu |NYT Business

As the Trump administration considers approving a proposed merger between two of the world’s largest advertising agencies, Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group, regulators may impose unusual conditions. A proposed consent decree would prevent the merged company from boycotting platforms because of their political content by refusing to place their clients’ advertisements on them, according to two people briefed on the matter.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Lauren Hirsch |Benjamin Mullin |Kate Conger |Tiffany Hsu |NYT Business

As the Trump administration considers approving a proposed merger between two of the world’s largest advertising agencies, Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group, regulators may impose unusual conditions. A proposed consent decree would prevent the merged company from boycotting platforms because of their political content by refusing to place their clients’ advertisements on them, according to two people briefed on the matter.

3 weeks ago | timesfreepress.com | Kate Conger |Tiffany Hsu

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether roughly a dozen prominent advertising and advocacy groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers that did not want their brands to appear alongside hateful online content, four people familiar with the inquiries said.