What's the anti-trust argument going to be on this? Over distribution, or content? Or both? I think certain people (and administrations) look at anti-trust matters through a snapshot in time, w/o regard to the future. The lens they apply their analysis through is stunted. We all realize that movie attendance is at a 25 year low, right? "over the top" media is growing like gangbusters. From a 'studio release' standpoint, even combining #s, that marginally outpaces either Universal or Sony in terms of annual releases over the past 1, 3, 5 yr periods. I'm not seeing the case against this kind of a merger.
I love bringing up the FTC's attempts to block Whole Foods from acquiring Wild Oats. Of course now, a decade later this is patently hilarious to everybody, but back then, the government, and other interest groups were serious. It was going to be organic food monopoly of the worst kind. Nevermind Whole Foods controlled less than 2% of grocery sales, and they weren't the only places offering organic food.
