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(VentureBeat) Strange Government approves Google's $400M acquisition of Admeld. Antitrust issues? What antitrust issues?   (venturebeat.com) divider line 9
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Mike Chewbacca
2011-12-02 04:44:25 PM
Yeah, not really worried about the antitrust issues of ad agencies. Banks and media, on the other hand...
 
Gig103 [TotalFark]
2011-12-02 04:49:07 PM
Mike Chewbacca: Yeah, not really worried about the antitrust issues of ad agencies. Banks and media, on the other hand...

Don't forget service providers, like Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, etc. who eat up their limited competition in an area.
 
FireBreathingLiberal
2011-12-02 05:13:08 PM
Too big to fail?
 
Mike Chewbacca
2011-12-02 05:15:12 PM
Gig103: Mike Chewbacca: Yeah, not really worried about the antitrust issues of ad agencies. Banks and media, on the other hand...

Don't forget service providers, like Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, etc. who eat up their limited competition in an area.

In my head I included them in "media" since they're all so interrelated. And yeah, I have exactly one choice for cable, internet, and phone in my area: Comcast.
 
poot_rootbeer
2011-12-02 06:25:21 PM
No, really, what antitrust issues?

There's nothing stopping you from starting your own internet ad service.
 
PullItOut
2011-12-02 07:49:11 PM
Well, I figure they probably included a web search for relevant case law in their due diligence, and it came up blank. So we're good, right?
 
drewsclues [TotalFark]
2011-12-02 10:01:24 PM
And in this corner... people who thought that AOLTimeWarner was a good idea......
 
MilesTeg
2011-12-02 10:41:31 PM
Antitrust issues only appear when you don't make large enough political donations to the correct party.
 
beta_plus
2011-12-02 11:59:29 PM
Because changing my homepage creates too high a barrier to entry.
 
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