{
  "id": 4721784,
  "title": "Amazon Allegedly Bid Against Its Own Advertisers for 7 Years, Costing Them More Than $20 Billion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/amazon-allegedly-bid-against-its-own-advertisers-for-7-years-costing",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-31T21:48:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Inc.",
    "slug": "inc",
    "url": "https://www.inc.com/amaya-nichole/amazon-allegedly-bid-against-own-advertisers-7-years-costing-20-billion-dollars/91398945"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A federal complaint alleges Amazon inserted a “soft reserve” into seller ad auctions, raising prices while keeping advertisers in the dark.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}