#Monopolization
Events indexed under #Monopolization — 12 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-08 | SpaceX Acquires $17 Billion EchoStar Spectrum for Starlink Direct-to-Cell Service SpaceX · Elon Musk · EchoStar · Gwynne Shotwell | reported | |
| 2023-01-24 | DOJ Sues Google Over Ad Tech Monopoly, Seeks Historic Breakup Department of Justice · Google · Sundar Pichai · Jonathan Kanter · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-12-09 | FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization Through Instagram and WhatsApp Acquisitions, Seeks Breakup Federal Trade Commission · Facebook · Mark Zuckerberg · Instagram · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2020-10-20 | DOJ Sues Google for Search Monopoly Through Exclusionary Contracts Department of Justice · Google · Sundar Pichai · Apple · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2020-04-03 | Raytheon-United Technologies Merge Creates $135 Billion Defense Giant, Consolidating Industry Power Raytheon · United Technologies Corporation · Greg Hayes · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-06-27 | EU Fines Google Record €2.42B for Search Manipulation Favoring Google Shopping Google · European Commission · Margrethe Vestager · Sundar Pichai · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2014-02-19 | Facebook Acquires WhatsApp for $19 Billion to Dominate Messaging Market Facebook · Mark Zuckerberg · WhatsApp · Jan Koum · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2013-01-01 | Google Ad Tech Systematically Takes 30-50% Cut From Publishers Google · Online publishers · Advertisers · News Organizations | confirmed | |
| 2004-08-19 | Google IPO Raises $1.67B With "Don't Be Evil" Motto Google · Larry Page · Sergey Brin · Eric Schmidt | confirmed | |
| 2000-05-03 | FCC Approves $35.6 Billion Viacom-CBS Merger Despite Ownership Concentration Violations Viacom · CBS Corporation · Sumner Redstone · Mel Karmazin · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-11 | AOL-Time Warner $164 Billion Merger Creates Largest Media Conglomerate in History America Online · Time Warner · Steve Case · Gerald Levin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1996-06-30 | Clear Channel Begins Unprecedented Radio Consolidation Under Telecommunications Act Clear Channel Communications · Lowry Mays · FCC Federal Communications Commission · Local Radio Stations | confirmed |