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...thought occurred to Microsoft, a company whose domination of the software business made it one of the world's most valuable entities--and the target of a federal antitrust suit. Yet even the Micro-monopolists went running to the FTC to complain. "I never had a problem with the merger," Disney chairman Michael Eisner insisted to TIME this fall. "I have a problem with the fact that there might be a single entity that decides what intellectual property goes into the house...
...Pitofsky could claim victory in that the FTC had established a template for regulation in the Internet age and had avoided the risk of losing control over the deal had he decided to sue to block the merger and lost. The new company was forced to relinquish its advantage in high-speed Internet service by agreeing to a deal that gives equal access to EarthLink, its largest competitor...
...distribution, like the old Standard Oil, worried the FTC for a long, long time until they gave up. Sometimes it tugs at the consciences of us content providers (formerly known as journalists). The use in news writing of "a parent company of this network/magazine/publication" was already widespread - this merger makes it even more so. Not to mention that there's one less behemoth out there I can make fun of without fearing for my company stock...
...little ignorance goes a long way. I wasn't in on the top-level pre-merger meetings; my editor wasn't worried about me spilling any secrets in this piece because I don't really know any. So my objectivity hasn't taken much of a beating...
...Before the merger, as an occasional business writer, I was suspicious of AOL's long-term value, because what were they, really, except a big ISP? They were just another dot-com that didn't really make anything. Since the merger started, all that's changed is I know AOL was suspicious...