Breaking the News: Free Speech and Democracy in the Age of Platform Monopoly
June 12, 2018
Marriott Marquis
901 Massachusetts Ave NW
9:15 to 9:20: Barry Lynn Welcome/Intro Delrahim
9:20 to 9:35 - KEYNOTE #1:
Makan Delrahim, Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust
9:40 to 10:55 - PANEL #1
The New Gatekeepers: Journalismin the Era of Platform Monopoly
SNAPSHOT INTRO: How the Facebook and Google Advertising Models Work
Jason Kint, CEO, Digital Content Next
Julia Angwin, Author of Dragnet Nation and former Senior Reporter, ProPublica
Ben Smith, Editor-in-Chief, Buzzfeed
Lina Khan, Author of Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox and Director of Legal Policy, Open Markets Institute
Moderated by Sara Fischer, Media Reporter, AXIOS Media
10:55 to 11:05 – COFFEE BREAK
11:05 to 12:15 - PANEL #2
The Effects of Information Bottlenecks: Propaganda,Misinformation, Loss ofPrivacy
Roger McNamee, Managing Director, Elevation Partners
Marc Rotenberg, President, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Sally Hubbard, Senior Editor, The Capitol Forum
Esha Bhandari, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project
Moderated by Rana Foroohar, Global Business Columnist, Financial Times, and Global Economic Analyst, CNN
12:20 to 12:35 – View from News Corp:
Robert Thomson, Chief Executive, News Corp
12:35 to 12:45 – BREAK TO GET LUNCHES
12:45 to 1:15: LUNCHTIME DISCUSSION
Mark Thompson, CEO, The New York Times
Moderated by Rana Foroohar, Global Business Columnist, Financial Times, and Global Economic Analyst, CNN
1:30to 2:40 - PANEL #3
The Effects of Information Bottlenecks: The Decline of Local andSpecial Interest News
Janet Hasson, Regional Vice President & Publisher, The Providence Journal
Terrance Egger, Publisher, Philadelphia Media Network
Ryan Kelly, Pulitzer Prize Winner and former Photojournalist at The Daily Progress
Stephenetta Harmon, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Moderated by Emily Bell, Professor of Professional Practice & Director, Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia University
2:45 – 3:00: KEYNOTE#2:
Senator AmyKlobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
3:00 to 3:10: BREAK
3:10 to 4:15: PANEL #4
Private andPublic Pathways to Independent andDiverseJournalismin the 21st Century
SNAPSHOT INTRO: Antimonopoly and the News– A Short History
Richard John, Professor of History & Communications, Columbia Journalism School
Tom Wheeler, Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
Christian D’Cunha, Head of Private Office of Giovanni Buttarelli, European Data Protection Supervisor
Olivier Sylvain, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University
Jason White, Director of News Partnerships, Facebook
Jonathan Kanter, Partner, Paul/Weiss, Antitrust Practice
Moderated by Zephyr Teachout, Author of Corruption in America and Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University
4:15 to 4:30: PANEL #4 Q&A
4:33 – 4:45 CLOSING REMARKS
Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI), Ranking Member, House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law