John Paczkowski in News on December 7, 2009 at 5:23 pm PT
When Google first announced its acquisition of mobile advertising outfit AdMob, the company said it didn’t anticipate regulatory concerns, but wouldn’t be surprised if there was some regulatory review. A reasonable stance given the Obama administration’s stated concerns about Google’s domineering presence in the market for Internet search advertising. Prescient, too, because, according to The Wall Street Journal, the Federal Trade Commission is indeed reviewing the $750 million acquisition.