Tech Daily Dose: A Conversation With Google's Nicole Wong http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2007/09/a-conversation-with-googles-ni.php?rss=1 en Copyright 2010 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:49:49 GMT http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification A Conversation With Google's Nicole Wong Google Deputy General Counsel Nicole Wong took a brief break from her busy trip to Washington on Friday afternoon to meet with a small group of reporters at the Internet search giant's D.C. office.

A day earlier, David Drummond, Google's vice president for corporate development, squared off against Microsoft General Counsel Brad Sherman at a hearing on Google's proposed $3.1 billion bid for the DoubleClick online advertising firm.

With the Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee showdown still fresh in her mind (and ours), Wong responded to suggestions made by some industry and consumer advocates that the merger should hinge on specific conditions.

"I don't think there should be conditions on this deal [from an antitrust perspective]," she told us over an assortment of Corner Bakery sandwiches and cookies. Google's rivals similarly acquired firms with no strings attached, she pointed out.

Yahoo recently bought ad firm Right Media; America Online acquired the European-based player Adtech AG online and behavioral targeting firm Tacoda; and Microsoft paid $6 billion for the Web ad provider aQuantive.

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