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War Child
Is anyone else becoming seriously concerned with the corporate mergers that are happening in this country?
AT&T Broadband was bought by Comcast. They hold a 25 percent stake in Time Warner Entertainment, a division of AOL Time Warner. Microsoft has a 5 billion stake in AT&T broadband. That stake will be converted into shares of this new company. CNN is part of the AOL Time Warner "family".
Phillip Morris owns Kraft among other things.
I would love to see a map of who has stakes/owns other companies. Yes, there are many many many independant companies, but it really bothers me.
Relating it to music and U2, Clear Channel owns the majority of radio stations in the US. They also own a stake in SFX entertainment, the major concert promoter in the US. And if I'm not mistaken there's a Ticketmaster connection in there somewhere. I was reading about it USA Today sometime in the past week.
Anyway, I just believe that when these companies get too big they begin to restrict growth, not enhance it. I'm not a big fan of the government getting in the way, but I think we're beginning to see types of corporations like the ones that made anti-trust laws a reality.
What do you guys think?
AT&T Broadband was bought by Comcast. They hold a 25 percent stake in Time Warner Entertainment, a division of AOL Time Warner. Microsoft has a 5 billion stake in AT&T broadband. That stake will be converted into shares of this new company. CNN is part of the AOL Time Warner "family".
Phillip Morris owns Kraft among other things.
I would love to see a map of who has stakes/owns other companies. Yes, there are many many many independant companies, but it really bothers me.
Relating it to music and U2, Clear Channel owns the majority of radio stations in the US. They also own a stake in SFX entertainment, the major concert promoter in the US. And if I'm not mistaken there's a Ticketmaster connection in there somewhere. I was reading about it USA Today sometime in the past week.
Anyway, I just believe that when these companies get too big they begin to restrict growth, not enhance it. I'm not a big fan of the government getting in the way, but I think we're beginning to see types of corporations like the ones that made anti-trust laws a reality.
What do you guys think?