I was going to write about a brewing and important revolt in Hollywood against the Paramount deal, but just now, a jury in New York City ruled on state and Federal charges that Live Nation/Ticketmaster is an illegal monopolist. There were multiple counts involving different markets, including amphitheaters and concert ticketing, as well as state claims. The jury found the com...

Lots of monopoly related news, as usual. Trump said he’ll blockade the Strait of Hormuz, a global chokepoint, American consumer sentiment dropped to a record low on a gauge that goes back to 1961, Hollywood starts opposing the Paramount-Warner deal as theaters come out in opposition, and Zohran Mamdani announced his NYC-owned grocery store in East Harlem.

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Lots of monopoly news, as usual. The pro-monopoly Attorney General Pam Bondi was fired, Sysco is buying Restaurant Depot in a crisis for restaurants, and rents are dropping in Arizona after RealPage’s algorithmic cartel arrangement was busted up.

There’s a lot more in the news round-up, but I want to focus on an

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve gotten outreach from a few therapists who told me how corporate middlemen are entering the profession as “platforms.” And part of what they are doing is encouraging the recording of therapy sessions to potentially train artificial intelligence models.

So I looked into it, and sure enough it’s happening. But how it’s happening,...