Question

what type of merger is AT&T and Time warner is it..vertical? and why do you think so?

* Is or was the Federal Government interested from an Antitrust perspective? Why or why not?

* How is it significant or insignificant to the consumer?? reference to article below

https://hbr.org/2016/10/att-time-warner-and-what-makes-vertical-mergers-succeed

Answer 1

Vertical merger because merger is between firms that operate at separate levels of production.

B no govt was not interested since it did not create monopoly or anti competitive behaviour

C it is insignificant to consumer. The reason is consumer with the introduction of Facebook, Google etc are not so much interested in transitional mediums of entertainment. They increasingly prefer Google, Facebook etc. Even though AT&T merger will provide entertainment at the smartphone level but then there is already much competition from Facebook, Google etc in this segment