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This is scary. Are there any orgs we can support that are against big merges like these?

Certainly not the democratic or republican parties. And certainly not the government watchdog institutions which are all run by former execs of major corporations.

It's hard to imagine any organization that can stand up to such concentrated wealth and power now.

I am more for Comcast - Fox merger than Disney - Fox merger personally.

It's scary, but hey, this is America.

Could you explain your reasoning? Just curious.

Fox and Disney do the same thing and will become a near monopoly.

Comcast and Fox do different things.

I am pretty sure this acquisition would just make Comcast a bigger "near monopoly" in both industries of "things," but I see where you're coming from.

Comcast shouldn't be getting anything. Media and the tubes that carry it should remain separate.

Except that Fox channels on the TV are not part of the Fox being sold.

No, in this case there's no TV part of it. But I'd still consider the film division as the "media" and the streaming services that can show the films as the "tubes", both of which Comcast would have ownership over. Comcast currently has a 30% ownership stake in Hulu, and would pick up another 30% from 21st Century Fox.

Fox Sports regional networks are part of the Disney deal, and aren't in the exclusion list here, either. Comcast has dabbled in regional sports before, this would be a big move against Disney to consolidate all the FSN regional stuff too.

Open Markets Institute? It seems like a really long term play with three senators off the top of my head going to be automatic supporters - Warren, Harris and Sanders

https://openmarketsinstitute.org/press-releases/

The Trump DOJ actually tried to stop the AT&T- Time Warner merger but lost in court. This administration is probably a lot more opposed to tech mergers than the last one.

To be fair, I think they only threw a wrench into the merger because Time Warner owns CNN, rather than out of any "too big of a company"-type concerns.

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