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Netflix-Warner Mega Merger A 'Disaster For America,' Says This Anti-Monopolist: Likely To Face Significant 'Political And Antitrust Hurdles'

Streaming giant Netflix Inc.’s (NASDAQ:NFLX) $82.7 billion merger with mass media conglomerate Warner Bros Discovery Inc. (NASDAQ:WBD) is drawing sharp criticism from antitrust advocates, such as Matt Stoller of the American Economic Liberties Project, a non-profit founded to combat monopolist corporations.

Benzinga

The Fastest Tariff U-Turn in History: How Britain Made Trump Blink on Pharmaceuticals

Fastest tariff reversal ever: Britain wins zero-tariff pharma deal as Trump backs down—NHS faces 25% higher drug costs. See effects on patients and jobs.

International Business Times UK

HPE got tangled up in MAGA conspiracy theories, and now its $14 billion merger with Juniper could be thrown out

The feeling was that a combined HPE-Juniper offering would act as a “bulwark” against Huawei in markets where the Chinese company might otherwise be more dominant.

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Trump Is Coming for Tech Companies

It looks like we can expect the antitrust assaults to continue.

Reason

Here’s how much landlords’ software is to blame for your high rents, according to one researcher

“About a quarter of rental inflation is potentially due to this price fixing conspiracy orchestrated by RealPage and some of the big corporate landlords,” Matt Stoller, the director of research at the American Economic Liberties Project, told Fortune.

Fortune

Apple’s new AirPods will make America hear again, but no thanks to the regulator

The tech firm’s federal approval to turn its earbuds into hearing aids is one in the eye for the monopolistic US healthcare agency

The Guardian - UK

From the left and the right, these two thinkers are upending Washington’s neoliberal consensus - Roll Call

Progressive Matt Stoller and conservative Oren Cass are unlikely allies on a lot of things — and they believe the times are on their side.

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How did Netflix 'win the streaming wars' while being criticized for becoming 'unwatchable?' It could all be explained by the concept of 'platform decay'

Netflix has been simultaneously crowned the winner of the streaming wars and a target of criticism for having mediocre content.

Fortune

Big Tech Stumbles In Google's Epic Defeat

Google' stinging defeat against Fortnite-maker Epic Games in a California courtroom could be an important blow against big tech's decades of supremacy on antitrust matters in the United States.

International Business Times

Google’s Epic loss has implications for the whole tech world

The verdict represents the first major antitrust defeat for a Big Tech company and is likely to have a broader impact across Silicon Valley.

Fortune

Amazon hit with sweeping antitrust suit

FTC chair accuses Amazon of using "a set of punitive and coercive tactics to unlawfully maintain its monopolies"

Salon

Trolls panic as Twitter collapses

Elon Musk's business model depends on "triggering" liberals — but he's now running out of progressives to bait

Salon

Ron DeSantis caught in leaked video

DeSantis spoke to the Teneo Network, a secretive well-funded group run by SCOTUS takeover architect Leonard Leo

Salon

Southwest under fire for promoting executives amid flight meltdown that left thousands stranded

Company had a nightmarish holiday season with Biden administration promising to hold it accountable

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On Jan. 6 anniversary, Missouri Democrat Kunce launches bid to challenge Josh Hawley in 2024

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —Just months after a losing bid for U.S. Senate in Missouri, former Marine Lucas Kunce is launching another campaign — this time in an attempt to take down Republican Sen. Josh Hawley.

Reason

What the Southwest Meltdown Means for Airline Policy

Re-regulating the airline industry won’t help prevent massive service disruptions in the future.

Salon

Biden's push for solar: Not enough?

Biden's using the Defense Production Act (again) to boost the solar industry: Too much — or not nearly enough?

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