American Economic Liberties Project
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!["We have seen this movie before with mergers in this industry. This is an already concentrated marketplace [...] These are titans of the entertainment industry and, if they merge, once competitors will become an entertainment behemoth." Rob Bonta on why the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger must be blocked⬇️](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2084353608007524710/amplify_video_thumb/2084340849714880512/img/MKCpcke1CBHwM1eY.jpg)
"We have seen this movie before with mergers in this industry. This is an already concentrated marketplace [...] These are titans of the entertainment industry and, if they merge, once competitors will become an entertainment behemoth." Rob Bonta on why the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger must be blocked⬇️
American Economic Liberties Project72,650 görüntüleme • 21 gün önce
"This is the first time FTC has ever sought to block a merger not just because it's gonna be bad for consumers, but also for workers." @linakhanFTC and hasanabi discuss how the FTC's win today blocking the Kroger-Albertsons merger will protect worker bargaining power.🔥🔥
American Economic Liberties Project434,165 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce
Paramount execs claim their merger with Warner Bros. won't lead to mass layoffs, but past mergers suggest otherwise. "I spent last month in rooms full of people who had already been laid off by David Ellison and David Zaslav in the previous generations of mergers," Alvaro Bedoya tells The Ankler
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“Not much in social science makes sense except in light of power struggle … Brandeis was very much about this, but the consumer welfare standard ignored it.” In conversation with @linakhanFTC, Daron Acemoglu says you can't understand the economy without accounting for power.👇🧵
American Economic Liberties Project430,205 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
![Paramount is making big promises to try and push through their merger with Warner Bros. Adam Conover lays out why you shouldn't believe them: "Every single time these companies merge, they say 'everything's going to be great, the prices are going to get cheaper!' They tell the press and the government exactly what they want to hear [...] and then no one holds them to it."](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2077838177960656930/amplify_video_thumb/2077825607828721665/img/VfVCRde7fofwKFC4.jpg)
Paramount is making big promises to try and push through their merger with Warner Bros. Adam Conover lays out why you shouldn't believe them: "Every single time these companies merge, they say 'everything's going to be great, the prices are going to get cheaper!' They tell the press and the government exactly what they want to hear [...] and then no one holds them to it."
American Economic Liberties Project27,566 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
🚨NEW: Apple didn't allow Jon Stewart to interview @linakhanFTC or discuss certain topics when his show was on AppleTV+ A clear example of concerns Antitrust Division highlighted in its antitrust suit. Apple can use its power to exercise control over content it doesn't approve of.
American Economic Liberties Project339,654 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
"There's no antitrust. Antitrust went away when we got a ruling that it was okay to pay Apple $20B to keep everybody else out," says Jim Cramer. Remarkable indictment of Judge Mehta's decision to let Google off the hook for monopolizing search👇
American Economic Liberties Project114,857 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce
When AT&T merged with TimeWarner, shows were cancelled, networks disappeared, and jobs were lost. Adam Conover was just one of thousands of people who experienced this first hand. If Paramount merges with Warner Bros, it will happen again.
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"If we believe in competition, we should... consider breaking up this industry to allow the kind of competition that prevents this vertical integration and abuse of power." WATCH: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls for adopting a new Glass–Steagall Act in health care 👇
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NEWS: Lawmakers are introducing legislation to ban private equity in youth sports! "The defining question in youth sports should be what's best for the kids, what's best for the family? Instead, private equity owners ask, 'what can make me the most money?'" says Chris Murphy 🟧
American Economic Liberties Project26,589 görüntüleme • 3 ay önce
"Paramount owns Nickelodeon. Warner Bros. owns Cartoon Network. Those two sharing a roof, what's that going to look like for animators?" If Paramount and Warner Bros. merge, animators will continue to see opportunities disappear. It's time to #BlockTheMerger
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MUST WATCH opening from @VelshiMSNBC on the affordability crisis in housing. He explains how corporate ownership, financing shifts, & deregulation have made the dream of homeownership out of reach for most Americans. (And a shoutout to Pat Ryan 🇺🇸's work to crack down on it)
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"They've gotten mergers like this across by always saying that they reduce prices for consumers. Does anybody feel like they're paying less for their media than they were five or ten years ago?" When there's less competition, consumers foot the bill. Paramount-WBD will be no different.
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"To give you a sense of how far a dollar goes at FTC, I'd love to describe just one month in the life of our agency." Striking moment from FTC oversight hearing: @BedoyaFTC runs down 30 days of accomplishments, starting with preventing a monopoly on a lifesaving drug. (1/2)
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On a Twitch stream reacting to Microsoft's latest price hikes, Atrioc says he thinks it's an "I told you so situation" for Lina Khan's FTC. "You guys made this very very clear in your suit against Microsoft-Activision that this is what they would try to do."
American Economic Liberties Project48,433 görüntüleme • 10 ay önce
"Unchecked corporate power is always a problem, but the risks are especially acute when we're talking about news and media because it's about concentrating power over who gets heard, who gets seen, what news gets amplified, what news gets suppressed...” Lina Khan joined Brian Tyler Cohen to discuss the dangers of a merger between Paramount and Warner Bros.
American Economic Liberties Project28,339 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce