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Report on the Symposium on Antitrust Issues Surrounding Scholarly and Legal Publishing
Report on the IAA and AAI Symposium on Antitrust Issues Surrounding Scholarly and Legal Publishing, published in C&RL News in May 2005, by Lee C. Van Orsdel. iaa-symposium-report-feb2005.pdf
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“Can Antitrust Save Academic Publishing?” by Albert A. Foer
Presentation given by Albert A. Foer, president, the American Antitrust Institute, at ALA Annual in June 2004. iaa-antitrust-save-jun04.pdf
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Comments to the European Commission on “Study on the Economic and Technical Evolution of the Scientific Publication Markets in Europe”
In May 2006, the Information Access Alliance sent comments to the European Commission regarding their "Study on the Economic and Technical Evolution of the Scientific Publication Markets in Europe." IAA...
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Letter to Department of Justice Regarding Wiley and Sons Acquisition of Blackwell Publishing
John Wiley and Sons announced an agreement to acquire Blackwell Publishing. As members of the Information Access Alliance, we are deeply concerned that this transaction will exacerbate market dysfunctions and...
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Statement by Thomas Susman on Behalf of IAA re: Hearings on Single-Firm Anticompetitive Conduct
This statement is presented to the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (the Agencies) on behalf of the Information Access Alliance (IAA). iaa-doj-ftc-nov2006.pdf
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Law Serials Pricing and Mergers: A Portfolio Approach
Using data from more than 400 legal serials, Mark McCabe estimates the impact of six publisher mergers on law serial prices during the period 1990–2000. The results suggest that merger-related...
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Information Access Alliance Will Continue to Push for Revised Analysis of Cinven and Candover Purchase of BertelsmannSpringer
The Information Access Alliance (IAA), a group of seven library organizations, will continue to push for revised analysis of publisher mergers despite the recent announcement that the Department of Justice...
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Information Access Alliance Releases White Paper and Launches Website
The Information Access Alliance, a coalition of six leading library organizations in North America, has published a white paper that examines the impact of mergers among scholarly and legal publishers...
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Information Access Alliance Letter to Commission of European Communities Regarding Cinven and Candover Purchase of BertelsmannSpringer
Bertelsmann AG recently announced its intent to sell BertelsmannSpringer, a publisher of scientific, technical, and medical (STM) journals, to Cinven and Candover, a partnership of UK-based private equity firms. We...
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Publisher Mergers: A Consumer-Based Approach to Antitrust Analysis
In this paper, the Information Access Alliance (Alliance) describes the issues that have emerged as the industry has become increasingly concentrated and advocates for a new standard of antitrust review...