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Don't be a Click's avatar

When media consolidates, we don’t just lose competition — we lose viewpoints. Cultural diversity shrinks quietly. Check my latest article to understand why this merger raises real concerns.

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Abdullah Al Bahrani's avatar

That’s a really good point. I’ll check out your post. Thanks for reading mine.

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Don't be a Click's avatar

Private equity and corporate consolidation almost always harms the consumer.

When ideas, news and culture is further consolidated like this, we’re begging to be manipulated and controlled.

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Neural Foundry's avatar

Brillaint breakdown of how fixed costs are driving this consolidation wave. The part about streaming firms needing scale to survive really highlights why Warner's assets are so valuble right now. But I wonder if Paramount's regulatory argument is kinda backwards since they have more direct overlap with Warner's cable networks than Netflix actualy does. Seems like a tough sell to antitrust folks.

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Abdullah Al Bahrani's avatar

I agree. Their comment caught me by surprise. I wonder if it’s PR positioning and hoping that it sticks in community discussion. A case of we say it enough, people will believe it.

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Jadrian Wooten's avatar

Great seeing your coverage of this. I had a few students come up after class the other day and ask if I thought the Justice Department would allow this.

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Abdullah Al Bahrani's avatar

Both mergers are going to be tough to approve. I have the same question as your students.

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Antowan Batts's avatar

I said it before and i will say it until the end of time i hate corporate consolidation. It hurts outcomes for consumers.

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