On Friday, March 27 at 11:00 a.m. ET, The Capitol Forum will host a conference call as part of our ongoing Tech Policy Briefing Series, hosted by Executive Editor Teddy Downey.
Each week, we highlight timely and forward-looking insights from our TMT Weekly newsletter, a subscriber-exclusive tipsheet that previews regulatory, enforcement, and litigation trends across technology, media, and telecommunications.
This week’s discussion will build on a key theme from last week’s call: the growing power of dominant platforms and the risks that creates for dependent businesses. Last week, we examined Alphabet’s (GOOGL) influence over Uber (UBER) and Lyft (LYFT) and how platform control can shape competition and outcomes across the ride-sharing ecosystem.
This week, we extend that analysis to media and content distribution, alongside several other critical developments shaping enforcement risk and regulatory strategy.
Companies we’re reporting on this month:
Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Meta (META), Tencent (TCEHY), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), NextNav (NN), Nvidia (NVDA), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Uber (UBER), Lyft (LYFT), Live Nation (LYV), Disney (DIS), Compass (COMP), Zillow (Z), along with Epic Games, Groq, and Paramount Skydance
Teddy will provide his regular update on key tech policy headlines, followed by discussion and audience Q&A. Special guests are often announced shortly before the call.
We will cover:
• Platform power and media distribution: Whether Alphabet’s (GOOGL) YouTube is harming sports leagues by allowing pirated content on its platform, and what the Supreme Court’s Cox v. Sony decision signals for liability and enforcement
• AI competition: Implications of the Nvidia-Groq partnership for AI competition and whether regulators or industry stakeholders will take action
• Antitrust enforcement and deal risk: DOJ scrutiny of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)/Juniper Networks (JNPR) and what it signals for settlements, merger approvals, and deal certainty
• Live events and vertical integration: Continued pressure on Live Nation (LYV) and Ticketmaster and the broader implications for pricing power and market control
• Platform liability risk: Whether Meta (META) and Alphabet (GOOGL) are approaching a “tobacco moment” following recent jury losses and expanding legal exposure
• Digital real estate: Ongoing litigation and shifting enforcement dynamics impacting Compass (COMP) and Zillow (Z)
• Geopolitics and regulatory uncertainty: U.S.–Iran tensions and what fragmented political authority means for negotiations and global risk
• Washington outlook: How political pressure and potential turnover at the DOJ and FTC could shape enforcement priorities and corporate strategy
Please contact events@tcfpress.com with any questions.
Teddy Downey
Executive Editor at The Capitol Forum
Sacha Sloan
Senior Correspondent at The Capitol Forum
