{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftech-bites.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F3fbf0f2d-3fbf0f2d","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Episode 184: GrubHub Website-Gate as Reported by Claire Brown","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/1072b3/1072b3f0-f4a0-4b09-a432-a68449412b79/ceaf6347-94d2-4173-be55-5fd882a21ee1/1565210696artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/ceaf6347-94d2-4173-be55-5fd882a21ee1\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Episode 184: GrubHub Website-Gate as Reported by Claire Brown\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"One of the summer’s best restaurant tech stories involves delivery giant Grubhub buying up tens of thousands of restaurant websites, unbeknownst to the restaurant owners. The discovery, along with a public hearing on the commission structure restaurants pay to GrubHub for phone orders, generated enough public interest that Senator Chuck Schumer to called for a federal investigation. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi (@mmesnack) talks with H. Claire Brown (@hclaire_brown), the New Food Economy (@newfoodeconomy) reporter about how she broke the story. This episode of Tech Bites (@techbiteshrn) was made possible by the generosity of Cart-Driver (@cart_driver) Denver’s home for pizza, oysters, community, and conviviality!"}