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IMO, a better solution for the broadcast media part of this is to delegate content regulation to the states when the signal from a tv/radio station is entirely within one state (and some kind of join regulation when it spans >1).

Concentrating so much power in the federal government is problematic, and unnecessary.

by SpicyLemonZest28 minutes ago|

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There wouldn't be a clear "undo" button after years of joint operation. A future administration could in principle order the Time Warner assets to be spun back off, but realistically that'd be a huge headache, and I'd rather they spend their time and political capital imprisoning everyone who negotiated the deal.

by Hamuko2 hours ago|

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Seems to me that these companies will say pretty much whatever during the merger process, and as long as there's no concrete repercussions written down somewhere, just do whatever since it's much harder to break a company apart than it is to block a merger.

by bigwheels2 hours ago|

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The pre-merger settlement approved by the current supreme court was that Skydance would: (1) Agree to production quota of 30 movies per year, (2) Domestic spending commitments, and (3) Separate cable package negotiations.

Assets: TNT, CBS, CNN, MTV, TCM, Showtime, Adult Swim, DC Studios, Paramount+, Nickelodeon, HBO/HBO Max, Comedy Central, Cartoon Network

Film Rights: Star Trek, Gremlins, Beetlejuice, DC Comics, Tom & Jerry, Harry Potter, Citizen Kane, Transformers, A Quiet Place, Looney Tunes, The Conjuring, Mortal Kombat, Game of Thrones, Dora The Explorer, Mission Impossible, The Lord of the Rings, SpongeBob SquarePants, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dune 3, Minecraft, MonsterVerse

Remember that Citizen Kane is the movie about a media tycoon who buys everything he can and ends up alone in a mansion full of stuff.

by kridsdale11 hours ago|

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Please enjoy this SlopGen Fantasy Skydance Kingdom.

https://chatgpt.com/s/m_6ac56dbab5448191866eb7c80c31c025

by whycome1 hours ago|

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So you’re saying this opens up the possibility of some wild crossover media stories. Star Trek exploring new worlds that also include krypton, cybertron, and the game of thrones world. Oh Dune too. And maybe do the time travel thing to see a Lord of the Rings middle earth. And have Dora graduate to captain of a star ship (or explore the sea and encounter SpongeBob and Aquaman). Batman can team up with the Mission Impossible crew to solve a mystery. Ninja turtles in a mortal kombat? Wonder Woman in Westeros with Harry Potter?

Maybe a Sora descendant will allow user-directed content to emerge.

by hnlmorg1 hours ago|

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> Star Trek exploring new worlds that also include krypton, cybertron, and the game of thrones world. Oh Dune too. And maybe do the time travel thing to see a Lord of the Rings middle earth.

Sadly that isn’t far removed from the novelty “Strange New Worlds” series they recently released. What a mess season 4 was. :(

by krapp46 minutes ago|

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Nothing of the sort would ever happen. They would be insane to risk the integrity of their IPs by doing something so ridiculous.

That said, as snowflakey as Star Trek fans are, I would love to see their reaction to Dora the Explorer ordering Batman to launch photon torpedos at Unicron. They'd probably complain about "yet another DEI captain."

by scun1 hours ago|

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Nothing on that list should have lived this long.

by aleksandrm1 hours ago|

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As a Trekkie, I'm offended.

by scun1 hours ago|

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Then you are too invested for your own good.

Do Trekkies not crave novelty?

by TeMPOraL1 hours ago|

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You have to cling to some beacon of hope in a world that decided future is dead and proceeded to drown itself in its own dystopia fetishism.

by amanaplanacanal8 minutes ago|

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I thought Trek had turned from hope to dystopia with the release of Picard.

Or did we decide that isn't canon?

by yolp51 hours ago|

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> Can this be undone in the future if folks realize it was too monopolistic and it was in fact an anti-trust violation?

I predict the democrats winning, shoving it all under that table and pushing for "reconciliation" and "moving forward" while continuing the rotten status quo that got Trump elected in the first place. Maybe a few token prosecutions of low level wage workers involved.

by zmgsabst19 minutes ago|

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An extra sprinkle of race-baiting and you’d have the Obama-era Occupy Wall St special.

by cindyllm1 hours ago|

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by rwmj1 hours ago|

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I learned from working with some that psychopaths are a lot of fun going for a drink after work, but at work they make your life a misery.

by nutjob21 hours ago|

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If the Trumps get their cut, you're golden.

by anthonypasq1 hours ago|

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serious question how could you possible argue this is monopolistic when Disney, Netflix, and Youtube exist. It doesn't pass the barest level of scrutiny.

by rileymat21 hours ago|

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Monopoly is the wrong word, but it has a close cousin, “anticompetitive”. For free market people one of the major role of the government is maintaining competition and avoiding collusion, combining to competitors is straightforward collusion.