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Paul Krugman: Barons of Broadband
Last week’s big business news was the announcement that Comcast, a gigantic provider of cable TV and high-speed Internet service, has reached a deal to acquire Time Warner, which is merely huge. If regulators approve the deal, Comcast will be an overwhelmingly dominant player in the business, with around 30 million subscribers.
So let me ask two questions about the proposed deal. First, why would we even think about letting it go through? Second, when and why did we stop worrying about monopoly power? [..]
t’s time, in other words, to go back to worrying about monopoly power, which we should have been doing all along. And the first step on the road back from our grand detour on this issue is obvious: Say no to Comcast.
Robert Kuttner: Overcoming the Six Year Jinx
Juan Cole: More Solar Workers in US than Coal Miners, and Solar doesn’t Poison Drinking Water
Rick Bernardo: Cigarette smoking is an addiction, not a habit
Jimmy Carter: The Arab Spring is not over
Danny Schechter: Does the Media Hate the Poor?
Kim Hightower: Shouldn’t Natural Foods Actually be Natural?
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