Karina Montoya
@pressgirlk.bsky.social
🌎 #journo policy analyst, program manager @cjl4news.bsky.social at @openmarkets.bsky.social 📝media, antitrust, finance, tech | 🗣ESP, FR, PT | https://linktr.ee/pressgirlk 📍SF Bay Area, CA
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Unclear if this is actually policy or just Trump shooting from the hip. But we agree that that the broadcast ownership cap should NOT be lifted. Broadcast is already highly consolidated.
Stay tuned 📺
Stay tuned 📺
Tegna shares fall 5% after Trump criticizes lifting local TV ownership cap reut.rs/3LZAiwj
Tegna shares fall 5% after Trump criticizes lifting local TV ownership cap
Shares in Tegna fell 5.5% on Monday after President Donald Trump criticized a proposal to lift the current cap on local television station ownership, which is necessary for the company to be acquired by Nexstar Media.
reut.rs
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Unclear if this is actually policy or just Trump shooting from the hip. But we agree that that the broadcast ownership cap should NOT be lifted. Broadcast is already highly consolidated.
Stay tuned 📺
Stay tuned 📺
No one gets a break from Google's AI Overviews, not even cooking recipes!
Sure, and all of us here are expected to believe that Google is driving 'better quality traffic' to creators and newsrooms with its AI integration 😅
Sure, and all of us here are expected to believe that Google is driving 'better quality traffic' to creators and newsrooms with its AI integration 😅
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
No one gets a break from Google's AI Overviews, not even cooking recipes!
Sure, and all of us here are expected to believe that Google is driving 'better quality traffic' to creators and newsrooms with its AI integration 😅
Sure, and all of us here are expected to believe that Google is driving 'better quality traffic' to creators and newsrooms with its AI integration 😅
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Surely no one could have anticipated that the consumer LLM purveyors would start adding ads to the results
Google starts rolling out ads in AI mode; the ads look similar to the citations in AI answers but with a "sponsored" label (Mayank Parmar/BleepingComputer)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Surely no one could have anticipated that the consumer LLM purveyors would start adding ads to the results
"If the FTC wanted to formally rescind the rule, they would have to propose doing so with an explanation and accept public comments." But they're not doing that. Why? @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social breaks it down here.
Forever proud of supporting the ban to non-competes 💪
prospect.org/2025/11/06/t...
Forever proud of supporting the ban to non-competes 💪
prospect.org/2025/11/06/t...
Texan Takes On Corporate Abuse as Trump’s FTC Abandons Workers - The American Prospect
Ric Davidson’s motion to defend the federal ban on noncompete clauses would force the FTC to undertake a formal process to roll it back, not just quietly suffocate it in the dead of night.
prospect.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"If the FTC wanted to formally rescind the rule, they would have to propose doing so with an explanation and accept public comments." But they're not doing that. Why? @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social breaks it down here.
Forever proud of supporting the ban to non-competes 💪
prospect.org/2025/11/06/t...
Forever proud of supporting the ban to non-competes 💪
prospect.org/2025/11/06/t...
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Grateful to @rebeccawilliams.info for staying up late to do this on election night- her proposed tech agenda for NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social:
By resisting surveillance and extraction and pursuing goals such as affordability, dignity, and justice, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani can show how technology can truly serve the people, writes Rebecca Williams. The first step, she says, is to protect immigrants.
Mayor-Elect Mamdani Can Build a Tech Agenda for New York and a Model for the Country | TechPolicy.Press
By resisting surveillance, extraction, and exploitation, Mamdani can show how technology truly serves the people, writes Rebecca Williams.
www.techpolicy.press
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Grateful to @rebeccawilliams.info for staying up late to do this on election night- her proposed tech agenda for NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social:
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Bannon calls on the DOJ and DHS to revoke Mamdani’s citizenship. These guys can’t stand a fair fight because they lose every time.
of all the political experts Politico could speak to about Mamdani's win, they pick a walking bag of goat diarrhea and diabetes
‘There Should Be Flashing Red Lights’: Steve Bannon on Mamdani’s Win
Trump’s former White House strategist has a warning for Republicans gloating about Zohran Mamdani’s election.
www.politico.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Bannon calls on the DOJ and DHS to revoke Mamdani’s citizenship. These guys can’t stand a fair fight because they lose every time.
No matter how many spins the WH Press Secretary gives to journalists about the SNAP crisis during press conferences, the fact remains that when the U.S. wants to mobilize resources, it does so, no matter where. It is indeed a choice, not a problem of lack of resources. So, what's gonna give?
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
No matter how many spins the WH Press Secretary gives to journalists about the SNAP crisis during press conferences, the fact remains that when the U.S. wants to mobilize resources, it does so, no matter where. It is indeed a choice, not a problem of lack of resources. So, what's gonna give?
LET'S GO 💪💪
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
LET'S GO 💪💪
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Tech companies are spending hundreds of billions of dollars a year on AI with little to show, and are now turning to complex financial vehicles to sustain their spending. Matteo Wong and Charlie Warzel on how it could all come crashing down:
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
bit.ly
October 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Tech companies are spending hundreds of billions of dollars a year on AI with little to show, and are now turning to complex financial vehicles to sustain their spending. Matteo Wong and Charlie Warzel on how it could all come crashing down:
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"About a third of the world’s billionaires—1,135—were in the US and their fortunes accounted for 43% of the collective wealth, according to Altrata, a wealth-intelligence firm. China came in second with 321 billionaires holding about 10% of the world’s wealth."
How U.S. Billionaires Stack Up With the Rest of the World
There are 3,508 billionaires on the planet. Americans dominate their collective wealth.
www.wsj.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"About a third of the world’s billionaires—1,135—were in the US and their fortunes accounted for 43% of the collective wealth, according to Altrata, a wealth-intelligence firm. China came in second with 321 billionaires holding about 10% of the world’s wealth."
I always learn new things from my colleague @clairek.bsky.social. This time, she breaks down how Sysco (the corporation) dominates America’s restaurant supply chain, and why that should matter to all restaurateurs and us as consumers. www.fox9.com/video/1728428.
A #mustwatch here:
A #mustwatch here:
The Sysco secret: Why so many menu items taste familiar
Claire Kelloway joins The Afternoon Shift to dig into the viral documentary "I Tracked Down The Company Ruining Restaurants", exposing how Sysco dominates America’s restaurant supply chain — and why t...
www.fox9.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I always learn new things from my colleague @clairek.bsky.social. This time, she breaks down how Sysco (the corporation) dominates America’s restaurant supply chain, and why that should matter to all restaurateurs and us as consumers. www.fox9.com/video/1728428.
A #mustwatch here:
A #mustwatch here:
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As we warned in an @openmarkets.bsky.social report earlier this year, our dependence on a handful of US tech giants for essential cloud infrastructure isn’t just a competition problem, it’s a serious threat to national security & societal stability.
How many more outages before we get the message?
How many more outages before we get the message?
there’s a major AWS outage going on right now that’s taken down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, Perplexity, Roblox, and lots more of the internet. US-EAST-1 is down and impacting a lot of services that rely on AWS www.theverge.com/news/802486/...
Major AWS outage takes down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more
A chunk of the internet has been taken offline.
www.theverge.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
As we warned in an @openmarkets.bsky.social report earlier this year, our dependence on a handful of US tech giants for essential cloud infrastructure isn’t just a competition problem, it’s a serious threat to national security & societal stability.
How many more outages before we get the message?
How many more outages before we get the message?
I'm not one to promote talks or presentations just because, but I honestly cannot overstate how valuable, timely, and provoking was @mariaressa.bsky.social's presentation today.
Journos & publishers (especially local media): please watch her talk. Recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZTw...
Journos & publishers (especially local media): please watch her talk. Recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZTw...
October 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I'm not one to promote talks or presentations just because, but I honestly cannot overstate how valuable, timely, and provoking was @mariaressa.bsky.social's presentation today.
Journos & publishers (especially local media): please watch her talk. Recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZTw...
Journos & publishers (especially local media): please watch her talk. Recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZTw...
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Mira Milosevic from the Global Forum for Media Development, Quinn McKew from @article19.bsky.social, MEP @alexandrageese.bsky.social, and @dimi.wikimedia.brussels from @wikimediafoundation.org join us for our final panel, AI, Big Tech and the Future of Media Freedom. www.youtube.com/live/vZTwYPS...
The Future of Democracy - Day 2 at European Parliament
YouTube video by Open Markets Institute
www.youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Mira Milosevic from the Global Forum for Media Development, Quinn McKew from @article19.bsky.social, MEP @alexandrageese.bsky.social, and @dimi.wikimedia.brussels from @wikimediafoundation.org join us for our final panel, AI, Big Tech and the Future of Media Freedom. www.youtube.com/live/vZTwYPS...
"What would happen when journalists disappear?"
Part of @mariaressa.bsky.social's presentation calls out the large-scale AI biz model that needs relevant, accurate, and timely journalistic content to make itself useful - and how the indiscriminate scraping of that content is not compensated.
Part of @mariaressa.bsky.social's presentation calls out the large-scale AI biz model that needs relevant, accurate, and timely journalistic content to make itself useful - and how the indiscriminate scraping of that content is not compensated.
October 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"What would happen when journalists disappear?"
Part of @mariaressa.bsky.social's presentation calls out the large-scale AI biz model that needs relevant, accurate, and timely journalistic content to make itself useful - and how the indiscriminate scraping of that content is not compensated.
Part of @mariaressa.bsky.social's presentation calls out the large-scale AI biz model that needs relevant, accurate, and timely journalistic content to make itself useful - and how the indiscriminate scraping of that content is not compensated.
Margrethe Vestager talks about the #googleadtech case (pending in the US & EU):
"Had we taken the decision 25 years go that we would not allow conflicts of interest [in digital markets], we would be in a different world. And it's going to get worse with AI."
www.youtube.com/live/KlO8ta8...
"Had we taken the decision 25 years go that we would not allow conflicts of interest [in digital markets], we would be in a different world. And it's going to get worse with AI."
www.youtube.com/live/KlO8ta8...
The Future of Democracy: Speech, Thought, Sovereignty, and Power in the Age of Platforms and AI
YouTube video by Open Markets Institute
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Margrethe Vestager talks about the #googleadtech case (pending in the US & EU):
"Had we taken the decision 25 years go that we would not allow conflicts of interest [in digital markets], we would be in a different world. And it's going to get worse with AI."
www.youtube.com/live/KlO8ta8...
"Had we taken the decision 25 years go that we would not allow conflicts of interest [in digital markets], we would be in a different world. And it's going to get worse with AI."
www.youtube.com/live/KlO8ta8...
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It's a full house here at Residence Palace in Brussels.
Up Next: Keynote and Q&A with Margrethe Vestager, former EU Commission EVP, moderated by Barry Lynn @openmarkets.bsky.social.
#mustwatch here: www.youtube.com/live/KlO8ta8...
Up Next: Keynote and Q&A with Margrethe Vestager, former EU Commission EVP, moderated by Barry Lynn @openmarkets.bsky.social.
#mustwatch here: www.youtube.com/live/KlO8ta8...
October 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
It's a full house here at Residence Palace in Brussels.
Up Next: Keynote and Q&A with Margrethe Vestager, former EU Commission EVP, moderated by Barry Lynn @openmarkets.bsky.social.
#mustwatch here: www.youtube.com/live/KlO8ta8...
Up Next: Keynote and Q&A with Margrethe Vestager, former EU Commission EVP, moderated by Barry Lynn @openmarkets.bsky.social.
#mustwatch here: www.youtube.com/live/KlO8ta8...
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Jonathan Kanter:
"There is no such a thing as a benevolent dictator, as there is no such a thing as benevolent monopolist. We don't need domestic monopolies to better compete. The way to compete against China is not to have censorship, and it's to have checks and balances."
"There is no such a thing as a benevolent dictator, as there is no such a thing as benevolent monopolist. We don't need domestic monopolies to better compete. The way to compete against China is not to have censorship, and it's to have checks and balances."
Jonathan Kanter, former Assistant Attorney General at the US Department of Justice, joins us today in Brussels.
#DigitalSovereignty #FreeSpeech #Democracy
📺 Tune into his remarks here: www.youtube.com/live/KlO8ta8...
#DigitalSovereignty #FreeSpeech #Democracy
📺 Tune into his remarks here: www.youtube.com/live/KlO8ta8...
The Future of Democracy: Speech, Thought, Sovereignty, and Power in the Age of Platforms and AI
YouTube video by Open Markets Institute
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Jonathan Kanter:
"There is no such a thing as a benevolent dictator, as there is no such a thing as benevolent monopolist. We don't need domestic monopolies to better compete. The way to compete against China is not to have censorship, and it's to have checks and balances."
"There is no such a thing as a benevolent dictator, as there is no such a thing as benevolent monopolist. We don't need domestic monopolies to better compete. The way to compete against China is not to have censorship, and it's to have checks and balances."
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Kristi Noem: How DARE you accuse our glorious ICE agents of racial profiling.
Head of the Chicago raids: We are stopping people based on “how they look, how do they look compared to, say,” a tall, middle aged white guy.
Head of the Chicago raids: We are stopping people based on “how they look, how do they look compared to, say,” a tall, middle aged white guy.
In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look'
The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.
chicago.suntimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Kristi Noem: How DARE you accuse our glorious ICE agents of racial profiling.
Head of the Chicago raids: We are stopping people based on “how they look, how do they look compared to, say,” a tall, middle aged white guy.
Head of the Chicago raids: We are stopping people based on “how they look, how do they look compared to, say,” a tall, middle aged white guy.
This ended fast. Looks like a big win on the monetary and behavioral front, indeed.
BUT, AMZ admits no wrongdoing. Also, AMZ makes +$10B quarterly from all Subscriptions & it's the growth of Prime Video what more recently allows AMZ to continue monopolizing retail media ads (market worth +$60B).
BUT, AMZ admits no wrongdoing. Also, AMZ makes +$10B quarterly from all Subscriptions & it's the growth of Prime Video what more recently allows AMZ to continue monopolizing retail media ads (market worth +$60B).
BREAKING: Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations it duped customers into enrolling in its Prime membership program.
Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations it duped customers into enrolling in Prime
Amazon reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission which said the online giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships, and made it difficult to cancel after they did so.
bit.ly
September 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This ended fast. Looks like a big win on the monetary and behavioral front, indeed.
BUT, AMZ admits no wrongdoing. Also, AMZ makes +$10B quarterly from all Subscriptions & it's the growth of Prime Video what more recently allows AMZ to continue monopolizing retail media ads (market worth +$60B).
BUT, AMZ admits no wrongdoing. Also, AMZ makes +$10B quarterly from all Subscriptions & it's the growth of Prime Video what more recently allows AMZ to continue monopolizing retail media ads (market worth +$60B).
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We need some of that Jimmy Kimmel energy over here. An innocent journalist has been detained for 100 days without charges. And now he faces the threat of deportation -- for the crime of committing journalism.
In fact, hey, @jimmykimmel.com, here's a story worth highlighting on your show.
In fact, hey, @jimmykimmel.com, here's a story worth highlighting on your show.
Leading Press-Freedom Groups Demand Immediate Release of Journalist Mario Guevara
The government’s detention of Guevara sends a chilling message to everyone who records law enforcement, documents government activities and seeks to report the truth.
www.freepress.net
September 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We need some of that Jimmy Kimmel energy over here. An innocent journalist has been detained for 100 days without charges. And now he faces the threat of deportation -- for the crime of committing journalism.
In fact, hey, @jimmykimmel.com, here's a story worth highlighting on your show.
In fact, hey, @jimmykimmel.com, here's a story worth highlighting on your show.
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I am very glad to see health reporters, rather than political reporters, leading most of the coverage of this announcement. They are not so easily deceived.
September 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I am very glad to see health reporters, rather than political reporters, leading most of the coverage of this announcement. They are not so easily deceived.
Finally a headline worth reposting
BREAKING: President Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence.
Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence
President Donald Trump is using the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving new evidence.
bit.ly
September 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Finally a headline worth reposting
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NEW: The Supreme Court granted cert before judgement in Rebecca Slaughter's suit challenging President Trump removing her from the FTC and stayed a lower court order keeping her on the commission.
The court will consider whether it should overrule Humphrey's Executor.
The court will consider whether it should overrule Humphrey's Executor.
September 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NEW: The Supreme Court granted cert before judgement in Rebecca Slaughter's suit challenging President Trump removing her from the FTC and stayed a lower court order keeping her on the commission.
The court will consider whether it should overrule Humphrey's Executor.
The court will consider whether it should overrule Humphrey's Executor.
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The US Department of Justice and Google will face off today in federal court to argue about what remedies the court should impose to unwind Google’s monopoly in the ad tech market. Karina Montoya from the Center for Journalism & Liberty at the Open Markets Institute breaks down what’s at stake:
DOJ vs Google: Back to Court for Remedies to Break Digital Ads Monopoly | TechPolicy.Press
Without both behavioral and structural remedies, nothing will be achieved to prevent future illegal conduct, writes Karina Montoya.
www.techpolicy.press
September 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The US Department of Justice and Google will face off today in federal court to argue about what remedies the court should impose to unwind Google’s monopoly in the ad tech market. Karina Montoya from the Center for Journalism & Liberty at the Open Markets Institute breaks down what’s at stake: