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For the past week, BIG has been doing daily coverage of the Live Nation/Ticketmaster monopolization trial with a reporter in the courtroom. Writ large, the argument is that the company controls 70% of key performing venues, 86% market share in primary ticket sales, and substantial amount...


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Lots of monopoly news, as usual. Five Senators introduced legislation to break up the big meatpackers, Ticketmaster faced heat as its business practices were put on the stand in front of a jury, there was a terrible jobs report, and Hollywood is having trouble opposing the Paramount-Warner deal, though it may fall apart because of financing woes.

Before getting to the ...


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A few weeks ago, Lina Khan’s successor at the Federal Trade Commission, a former Mitch McConnell advisor named Andrew Ferguson, had some pretty harsh words for his predecessor. After accusing Khan of essentially being dishonest about her merger policy, he then said she pushed forward some “pretty hard to justify” decrees in the oil industry, which he


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Lots of monopoly news, as usual. The Ticketmaster antitrust trial starts tomorrow, supermarket competition is heating up a few years after the Kroger-Albertsons deal was blocked, and Hollywood’s wealthiest producers back the Paramount takeover of Warner.

But the big story is of course the war in the Middle East launched on Saturday morning. And while war often seems dis...


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Last night, the news broke that Paramount beat Netflix in a bidding war for Warner, which is one of the most important moments in Hollywood history. This win is something of a turnaround. In early December, Warner agreed to be acquired by Netflix, with a significant $2.8 billion fee to the streaming giant should the deal fall apart. But over the past week, Paramount raised it...


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