Google Wins Dismissal of News Publishers' Antitrust Lawsuit

US District Court Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, D.C., has dismissed an antitrust lawsuit brought by newspaper publisher Helena World Chronicle LLC and community news publisher Emmerich Newspapers, which alleged that Google monopolised the US online news market and leveraged its dominance to exploit publishers' content. Mehta ruled that the plaintiffs had not plausibly established that Google has monopoly power in the online news market, finding their market share calculations — based on Semrush traffic data that included YouTube and Instagram visits — methodologically unreliable.