Clout Quote by Fred Eychaner

I think a lot can be said for consolidation, but I think it should be done for the right reasons.

— Margrethe Vestager

I am seriously troubled by the proposed rapid consolidation in the telecommunications marketplace.

— Conrad Burns

Consolidation isn't new, though... it was a major factor in our rush to form the Gathering and place a stake in the ground to…

— Mike Wilson

Phone companies recognize that the pipes are not enough anymore. You need something to go through the pipes. You need content. I think the…

— Maria Bartiromo

What you see happening right now with some of the consolidation is all about more spectrum and capital formation that give you the scale,…

— Steve Largent

I've managed stations.

— Pat Robertson

Radio is so fragmented, it's unbelievable.

— Bob Seger

It brings me back to reality. The combine doesn't care if you're a senator or not. It breaks down whenever it wants to break…

— Jon Tester

So in 2000, when we changed the business model and started really focusing on that triangle and putting the customer in the center, we…

— Sanjay Kumar

Too many radio stations, all they do is syndicated programming, it's just piped in from some satellite someplace, and they don't have much of…

— David Shuster

Radio stinks. The stations are making a lot of money, but they just aren't taking chances.

— Irving Azoff

History shows fans want consolidation; you see it across the web every place. The big players are people like Google, Amazon, eBay, Facebook.

— Irving Azoff