Always Quote by Marvin Ammori

While there continue to be critics of the Comcast-NBC merger, it's hard to argue that competition in news and entertainment has diminished as a…

— James B. Stewart

A merger is hard to pull off under any circumstances. It's harder when everybody is against you.

— Carly Fiorina

The Department of Justice should resolutely bar monopolizing mergers in all markets, including telecommunications, but they are not in a position, as is the…

— Reed Hundt

Cable companies aren't bad because they're parts of unwieldy media conglomerates. They're bad because they're monopolies (even where they are no longer legally exclusive)…

— Virginia Postrel

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

— Conrad Burns

Cable is a niche business. If you can own a niche, that can be a very strong business.

— David Zaslav

Why would you let [the TV audiences] build a habit of going to the cable networks? So I think they've obviously smartened up now,…

— James Patterson

“There is no such thing as a merger. There are only buyers and sellers. Those who are bought are in danger when they have…

— Stanley Bing

Divestitures have long been the preferred remedy for horizontal mergers, where there's an overlap between the two companies. Airlines, for example, may have to…

— James B. Stewart

The reason people talk about cable cutting is they imagine the price burden will get so high that people won't be able to pay…

— Jeffrey Bewkes

There is no lack of profitability or investment among these telecommunications companies. There is nothing that an open-internet order did to them that diminished…

— Brian Schatz

The merger mania which goes on and on and on is the sign of the disappearance of competition. As we deregulate, the mergers increase,…

— John Ralston Saul