A Tale of Two Mergers

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If he is supposed to be president of all Americans and should be treating everyone the same, then why is it that #Trump supports Murdoch for the $52 B Disney-Fox deal, but not the ATT-Time Warner one?

Make no doubt about it, there are major disruptions of the media business status quo outlined below. If Ma Bell and CNN et married, or Homer Simpson and Mickey Mouse tie knot, or not.

The bottom line is these mergers affect consumers because they decrease competition, which is the engine that has always driven the free and open economic marketplace.

The Disney-Fox Deal https://at.law.com/g5XbDm?cmp=share_twitter

Disney to buy 21st Century Fox assets for $52.4 billion in stock; Bob Iger to stay on through 2021 http://cnb.cx/2o5BBhK

Justice Department Sues to Block AT&T-Time Warner Merger https://nyti.ms/2hOrgo9

Trump applauds Murdoch over Disney-Fox deal amid row over Time Warner https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/dec/14/donald-trump-rupert-murdo…

Disney vs. Netflix will be the great media battle of our time http://theweek.com/articles/743376/disney-vs-netflix-great-media-battle…

Disney-Fox Deal: How It Ranks Among Biggest All-Time Media Mergers http://deadline.com/2017/12/biggest-media-mergers-disney-fox-deal-list-…

Big Law Helping Homer and Mickey Tie Knot in Disney-Fox Deal https://at.law.com/g5XbDm?cmp=share_twitter

A day before net neutrality repeal, AT&T revealed a plan to send internet over your power lines http://ti.me/2yuRE8Q

As Disney swallows Fox, a new era dawns for Hollywood https://www.apnews.com/78507cc7a2f64c4eb6b46ee4a29bcdc8