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#Monopolization

Events indexed under #Monopolization — 12 entries in the record.

12 events From Jun 30, 1996 To Sep 8, 2025 Open in filter view →

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