Now that it looks as though Comcast will abandon its plans to merge with Time-Warner, this may be my last opportunity to count the ways in which the idea was a terrible one.
What was the worst aspect of the Comcast/Time-Warner merger:
A. It would create a horizontally integrated monopoly.
B. It would create a vertically integrated monopoly.
C. It would create a horizontally and vertically integrated monopoly.
D. One big, crappy cable company wanted to join with another big, crappy cable company to make an even bigger and crappier cable company.
I believe the last alternative was Al Franken’s immediate reaction to the idea. Do you have thoughts on the merger?
It’s gonna piss off Obama’s golfing buddy.
I vote for option (D).