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Brad Smith

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98 articles accelerating

Brad Smith has appeared in 98 articles since 2014-12. Coverage peaked in 2024Q2 with 8 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Microsoft, Google, Tom Warren, MSFT.

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98
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+100.0%
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Acceleration
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velocity change
Sources
33
publications

Coverage Timeline

2025-04-30
Financial Times 17 related

Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company would take the US to court if necessary to protect European customers' “continuity of access” to its services

Tech group says it would sue to keep European access to crucial cloud services  —  Microsoft's top legal officer …

2024-01-03
BBC 15 related

After UK regulators approved Microsoft's Activision deal in October 2023, Brad Smith rows back his criticism of the UK, saying the CMA had been “tough and fair”

2024-01-02
BBC 6 related

After UK regulators approved Microsoft's Activision deal in October, Brad Smith rows back on criticism of the UK, saying the CMA has been “tough and fair”

Microsoft's president, Brad Smith, has rowed back on criticism he made last year that the UK was “bad for business”.

2023-10-16
Financial Times 7 related

How Brad Smith, who became Microsoft's top legal officer in 2002, used a legal, policy, and influence machine costing $1B+ per year to close the Activision deal

2023-10-15
Financial Times 5 related

How Brad Smith, who became Microsoft's top legal officer in 2002, used a legal, policy, and influence machine costing $1B+ a year to close the Activision deal

Company's top legal officer has honed diplomatic skills to recast the US tech giant's reputation Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to Mastodon: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life@mas.to : Brad Smith gets his tim...

2023-04-29
Bloomberg 27 related

The UK CMA's block of Microsoft's Activision deal focuses on the nascent cloud gaming market, confusing analysts as regulators typically focus on mature markets

but that's what tripped up the Activision deal Reuters : UK watchdog defends Microsoft block in face of onslaught from companies Rebekah Valentine / IGN : Microsoft, Activision-Blizzard, and the CMA: ...

2021-10-18
Wall Street Journal 5 related

Sources: two Microsoft execs, including Brad Smith, told Bill Gates in 2008 that emails with a midlevel female employee were inappropriate; Gates agreed to stop

Top lawyer, HR chief informed some Microsoft directors they told billionaire co-founder that his emails with female employee were inappropriate

2021-03-13
Microsoft On the Issues 35 related

In House hearing, Brad Smith says monetizing referral traffic has become increasingly difficult for news pubs because Google squeezes out most of the profit

$MSFT's @BradSmi today https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ... @kerrymflynn : Microsoft's @BradSmi's quotes a Florida resident who lives in a place without a local newspaper: “After years without a strong lo...

2021-03-12
Microsoft On the Issues 1 related

In House hearing, Brad Smith says monetizing referral traffic has become increasingly difficult for news pubs because Google squeezes out most of the profit

Editor's Note: On Mar. 12, Microsoft President Brad Smith testified before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law

2021-03-05
Axios 1 related

Sources: Microsoft president Brad Smith will testify before a House antitrust subcommittee hearing next Friday about tech antitrust and the news media

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TEXXR tracks 51 Techmeme articles mentioning Brad Smith, dating back to September 2015. The biggest stories include Microsoft invests $1.5B in Abu Dhabi-based AI startup G42 for a minority stake, after G42... and Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company signed a binding, 10-year contract to.... Frequently covered alongside Microsoft, Activision, House, Smith, and Google.

Key Moments

2024Q2consumer -50pts; funding -25pts
2025Q2enterprise +50pts
2025Q3enterprise -50pts; regulation +50pts

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