If the DOJ wins this case against Google, it will push Google to break up its ads business. 90% of large publishers use Google's tools to run their business right now. It would totally reshape the industry because the way that things work now is entirely based upon the way that Google's pieces click together.
The Department of Justice wants Google to break up its advertising business. The Wall Street Journal’s Keach Hagey explains how the DOJ’s antitrust suit could reshape the internet.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited and fact-checked by Matt Collette, engineered by Patrick Boyd with help from Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Noel King.
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