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DOJ

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857 articles – decelerating
The Department of Justice has commanded 801 tech news headlines since 2015, with coverage peaking at 41 articles in Q4 2020 during the Trump administration's final antitrust push against Google. Coverage has declined from 28 articles in Q2 2025 to just 9 in Q1 2026, though recent headlines reveal an unexpected pivot: multiple stories in early February 2026 connect Jeffrey Epstein's DOJ files to Silicon Valley relationships, overshadowing traditional antitrust enforcement stories involving Google, Apple, and Netflix. The DOJ's news presence increasingly reflects not just regulatory action but the intersection of tech power, influence networks, and historical accountability. The agency's media footprint remains tied to Google, Apple, and the FBI, but the narrative has fractured from pure competition enforcement to broader questions about Silicon Valley's past.

DOJ has appeared in 857 articles since 2006-01. Coverage peaked in 2024Q3 with 36 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Google, Apple, U.S., The Justice Department.

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857
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Velocity
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Acceleration
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Apple’s 2.5B-Device Ecosystem, Many Tollbooths
Apple grew quarterly Services revenue from $23.1B to $30B as its active-device base rose from 2.2B to 2.5B. An 11% iPhone price increase in Japan and a $1 Apple...
The Verdict
The Department of Justice settled its antitrust case against Live Nation in March 2026 — divesting 13 amphitheaters, which Senator Klobuchar called "weak." One ...

Coverage Timeline

2025-12-06
Financial Times 79 related

Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026

Netflix announced this week that it had reached … Axios : Netflix to buy Warner Bros. for nearly $83 billion Alex Pigman / Taipei Times : Warner Bros acquisition by Netflix sparks backlash Victory Emm...

2025-11-05
Bloomberg 10 related

Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport says the US DOJ concluded its review of Google's planned $32B acquisition; the FTC's website says the early termination was October 24

Alphabet Inc.'s Google and cybersecurity company Wiz Inc. cleared a key hurdle to closing their $32 billion deal …

2025-07-12
2023-08-23
2021-01-13
Wall Street Journal 16 related

Visa is abandoning its $5.3B planned acquisition of fintech firm Plaid after the DOJ sued over antitrust concerns in November

Justice Department sued in November to challenge $5.3 billion deal  —  Visa Inc. is abandoning its $5.3 billion planned acquisition of Plaid Inc. …

2020-07-07
CNBC 10 related

Uber buys food delivery service Postmates for $2.65B in an all-stock deal

I met Bastian Lehman, CEO and co-founder … Kari Astillero / Micky : Uber confirms $2.65 billion all-stock purchase of Postmates Bhumika Khatri / Inc42 Media : Daily Tech Briefing: Paytm Solidifies Ins...

2019-07-02
CNBC 3 related

Sources: Dish Network and T-Mobile have agreed to a divestiture deal, pending resolution of DOJ concerns regarding proposed Sprint/T-Mobile merger

KEY POINTS  —  T-Mobile CEO John Legere (L) speaks as Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure looks on at the New York Stock Exchange, April 30, 2018.

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Quarterly Coverage

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DOJ has appeared in 892 tech news articles since January 2006, making it one of the most-covered entities in the archive. The biggest stories include Google says the DOJ's “wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision”,... and Filing: the US DOJ lays out “behavioral and structural remedies”, including a breakup,.... Frequently covered alongside Google, Apple, the US DOJ, Justice Department, and The Justice Department. Coverage has shifted toward developer themes and away from regulation, safety.

Key Moments

2024Q2enterprise +7pts; safety +13pts; consumer -37pts
2024Q3safety +11pts; funding +15pts
2024Q4developer +10pts; funding -16pts; competition +7pts

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