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Antitrust/journalism stuff - @GCR_alerts Tips welcome - [email protected] signal 973-647-8444

Washington, DC Bergabung Ekim 2015
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Ben Remaly@BenRemaly·
@Rock5491 How would an economist measure labor welfare in a retrospective study? Both the merger and bankruptcy likely reduced job output? For how long? Spirit employed people 3(ish) extra years. Will they find jobs soon? Will it drag through bankruptcy?
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joe sims@Rock5491·
@BenRemaly Only differences are stuff like not every employee would have lost jobs, equity holders would not have been wiped out, travelers would not have been abandoned. So really no diff unless you think these are important. Ideologues don’t.
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@MikeBrice If you’re measuring welfare I imagine you’d account for the threeish extra years of employment Spirit existed. Would Spirt employees fired post-merger have been rehired? Will they be rehired post-bankruptcy? Did the existence of another competitor help non-Spirit employees?
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Mike Brice@MikeBrice·
@BenRemaly I am sure there would have been a reduction but nothing like we are seeing now.
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@MikeBrice I imagine the elimination of Spirit via merger or via bankruptcy would be bad for jobs. It could be the merger would’ve been the better outcome.
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@MikeBrice The loss of jobs is awful. Do we know what the output of jobs would look like if the merger went through? Would JetBlue have eliminated positions? Airlines are competing to hire former Spirit employees now
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Five consumers have sued to block the Paramount/Warner Bros merger. They claim the $110 billion deal would harm competition for premium streaming services, national TV news and theatrical distribution
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The biggest merger efficiency claim ever? United Airlines CEO claims a merger with American Airlines could "create millions of jobs."
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Are these types of investments in rivals commonplace in other industries?
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Paramount/WBD merger has stirred up anger from coast to coast, and our antitrust superstar @_AnnaLanglois is at the scene of a protest in downtown DC right now on a glorious evening in the capital
Anna Langlois@_AnnaLanglois

protest hosted by advocacy groups against the Paramount/WB merger and “conflict of interest” just across the street from the US Institute of Peace, where Ellison is reportedly hosting a gala tonight

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The FTC has settled its case accusing US Anesthesia Partners of illegal monopolization near Houston, Dallas and Austin
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@davidamichaels Town has a population of 50,000... could make for an interesting labor monopsony challenge?
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The judge who blocked Nexstar/Tegna noted the "unusual circumstances" by which federal regulators approved the deal.
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Ben Remaly@BenRemaly·
During the first Trump Admin, the DOJ required merging broadcasters to divest overlapping assets to prevent harm to "millions of Americans". Now the agency permitted the largest local broadcast merger in US history without any changes. From AAG Delrahim in 2019:
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Antitrust Division@JusticeATR

“The Justice Department's federal antitrust enforcement objective is not to preserve any particular model of media. It is not to favor one set of participants over another. It is to ensure that as this industry continues to evolve, it does so in a way that preserves competition—so that innovation continues, consumers benefit, and the institutions represented in this room can adapt and thrive.” -Deputy Assistant Attorney General Charlie Beller

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This judge has HAD IT with Live Nation's hyper-aggressive motion practice & won't be rushed. Even if he substantively rules for LN -"in due course"- re motion to strike, his tone hints that may not result in drastic exclusion of expert testimony LN seeks
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Merger injunctions secured during the second Trump Admin: DirecTV: 1 DOJ: 0
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