Genius Media, The Nation sue Google in advertising antitrust lawsuit

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Online publishers such as Genius Media Group and news site The Nation alleged in a lawsuit seeking class-action status on Wednesday that Google has unlawfully stifled advertising competition, hurting their companies.

The litigation filed in US District Court in San Jose, California, looks like an antitrust complaint filed earlier in the day by Texas and nine other US states against Google.

Genius, which provides song lyrics, and also two online magazines the Nation and the Progressive, said they used Google software to market advertisements but received exactly what they seen as an unfair split of earnings because the search giant had taken over the market.

"Through its campaign of anticompetitive conduct, Google has achieved and maintained a monopoly or near-monopoly in (the) marketplace by erecting a toll bridge between publishers and advertisers and charging an unlawfully high price for passage," the lawsuit stated.

Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but the company repeatedly has reacted to similar offenses by stating that Facebook Inc along with other companies offer competitive solutions to media companies.

The plaintiffs ask the court to order Google to divest its unit which produces the ad-selling software and extend from competing within that enterprise.

The criticism is the latest among several antitrust actions brought against Google by internet advertisers or other businesses that say they've been affected by Google's rising clout. The Texas-led lawsuit covers most of the worries, also, and separately at least 36 states plan to sue Google on Thursday over additional anticompetitive conduct online.

Genius this past year at a lawsuit accused Google of having a contract using lyrics information in search results, but a judge dismissed the case in August.

The team at Platform Executive hope you have enjoyed this news article. Initial reporting via our official content partners at Thomson Reuters. Reporting by Paresh Dave. Editing by Tom Hogue and Christopher Cushing.

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