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Let media consolidation fight itself

Let media consolidation fight itself 02/16/2004 01:29 PM
Dan Gillmor finds himself reluctantly supporting a Comcast-Disney merger:


Whether Comcast or someone else buys Disney, it will provoke a debate about the implications of media consolidation and the marriage of content and conduit.  If the merger partners say (as they surely will) that they won't discriminate against unaffiliated content and applications, they should have no objection to a public commitment to that effect.  

Media Consolidation, Continuing

Media Consolidation, Continuing 02/11/2004 09:30 AM
Comcast wants to buy Disney (Washington Post). I look forward to Michael Powell's dismissal of media-consolidation worries on this one.

Ted Turner on media consolidation

Ted Turner on media consolidation 07/22/2004 09:56 PM
The current issue of the Washington Monthly has a great article by Ted Turner on the evils of media consolidation.

Telecom/media consolidation: Hold on to
your seat!

Telecom/media consolidation: Hold on to
your seat! 02/12/2004 02:13 PM
Get ready for the next wave of big telecom and media consolidation.  Not just the normal accretion deals, but the potential game changers.  AOL/Time Warner and Comcast/AT&T Broadband were among the highlights the last merger wave. 

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Vodaphone was considering a bid for Verizon, as a way to take control of Verizon Wireless.  That deal likely won't happen -- expect Vodaphone to unwind its interest in Verizon Wireless in connection with a purchase of AT&T Wireless -- but when a >$150 billion company like Verizon is in play, watch out. 

The next shoe dropped today: Comcast is proposing to acquire Disney.  There is logic to the deal, though it's 1980s logic: combine content and conduit at scale to squeeze more profits from the entertainment bundle.  That's not going to work in the emerging broadband media ecosystem, where platforms, applications, and content are different layers of the stack.  Comcast-Disney would also have the same challenge as AOL-Time Warner: a national content footprint mismatched with a regional broadband infrastructure footprint.  Nonetheless, it's striking that Comcast, so soon after digesting AT&T broadband to become the largest cable operator, is ready to return to the merger trough. 

This won't be the last huge deal proposed in the current wave.  Everyone is in play.

"article written by Ted Turner on the
subject of media consolidation"

"article written by Ted Turner on the
subject of media consolidation" 07/26/2004 04:08 AM

Is Consolidation A Myth?

Is Consolidation A Myth? 12/23/2003 02:45 AM
Thought provoking piece over at Always-On suggesting that al l this fear about consolidation killing off competition is a big myth. While there are plenty of examples of companies buying up each other (and even areas where there are fewer companies within a specific space than before) consumers have more choice than ever before, leading to better products and lower prices. Sure, it may seem like there are big media conglomerates, but there are also plenty of independent websites that give people choice. Sure, there may be fewer small local banks, but there are plenty more banks that have expanded from other areas to serve a large population. Basically, what appears to be happening is that the regional companies are being eaten up, but there's plenty of competition on a global basis. Of course, there are still some exceptions (I'm still limited in my broadband connection choice, for instance), but these might be temporary monopolies, rather than a permanent state of affairs. I'm not sure it's completely true, but I do think some fears about consolidation everywhere are overblown.

Consolidation Changes ERP Landscape

Consolidation Changes ERP Landscape 08/02/2004 06:47 AM
The takeover battle between Oracle and PeopleSoft is only one indication of a shifting industry that has companies seeking to provide a complete IT stack.

Dot Consolidation Is Back

Dot Consolidation Is Back 04/19/2004 03:01 AM
In case you hadn't noticed, while the dot com IPO market looks to be heating up again, the busiest activity is actually over in the mergers and acquisitions area where internet companies are looking for consolidation opportunities before the prices of smaller companies get too out of hand again. Of course, there's no guarantee that acquiring companies will do much better than they've done in the past integrating a bunch of disparate companies into a single compelling entity, but people tend to ignore that in the heat of a merger opportunity.

Wireless consolidation

Wireless consolidation 04/07/2005 05:52 PM
ZDNet Apr 7 2005 9:48PM GMT

Consolidation solutions

Consolidation solutions 02/16/2004 10:38 PM
Computer Weekly Feb 17 2004 2:16AM GMT

"debt consolidation"

"debt consolidation" 05/30/2004 02:58 AM

debt consolidation

debt consolidation 05/30/2004 11:36 PM

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IDC: Consolidation to Windows won't
happen

IDC: Consolidation to Windows won't
happen 04/23/2004 09:20 AM
SINGAPORE - Microsoft Corp.'s domination of the client operating systems market will fade over the next few years, according to Avneesh Saxena, vice-president for Asia-Pacific computing systems research at IDC.

Wireless Consolidation Looming?

Wireless Consolidation Looming? 01/26/2004 04:13 PM
As wireless users and industry experts voice mixed reactions to reports of a possible merger between Cingular Wireless LLC and AT&T Wireless Services Inc., most agree that carrier consolidation is inevitable.

Here we go - the consolidation (next
phase) has commenced

Here we go - the consolidation (next
phase) has commenced 03/06/2004 01:49 AM
Af ter the Web's Nuclear Winter, Diller Acquires ZeroDegrees?

Is the Web’s ‘Nuclear Winter’ over? And is the warmth of all of the emerging interest in Social Networking Services helping to melt the ice? BusinessWeek’s Timothy Mullaney posits that we might be in a thaw, in an article today about Barry Diller’s [CEO of InterActiveCorp] acquisition of ZeroDegrees — Diller’s Latest Little Bet on the Net — [some other InterActiveCorp companies — Expedia, Hotels.com, Home Shopping Network, Ticketmaster, Evite, Match.com, uDate, Citysearch, LendingTree, and Hotwire.com.]

Diller could make other forays into the social-networking area, says Dan Marriott, an IAC senior vice-president and head of the new-business unit. He says IAC is looking at other dating and social-connection sites, and might make an acquisition if the business can be tied to a classified advertising model, as San Francisco-based Tribe Networks is attempting. “The classified-ad approach Tribe has identified is a valid approach,” said Marriott. “There will be a market there. But we felt the business side is the right place to start.”

[The Social Software Weblog]

 

February 29, 2004

EMC debuts e-mail consolidation

EMC debuts e-mail consolidation 09/22/2004 11:47 AM
CNET News.com Sep 22 2004 3:28PM GMT

Karmic Debt Consolidation

Karmic Debt Consolidation 11/02/2003 07:35 AM

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Cellular Consolidation Continues

Cellular Consolidation Continues 01/06/2005 07:43 PM
Alltel is acquiring Western Wireless.

The Mobile Consolidation Begins

The Mobile Consolidation Begins 02/17/2004 10:32 AM

AP: Cing ular agrees to buy AT&T Wireless. The merger between the second and third largest U.S. wireless companies was announced Tuesday as Britain's Vodafone Group PLC withdrew from the contest after four days of rising bids.This merger won't necessarily be bad for competition.I've been using AT&T's GSM service for about a year now. Quality of service is marginal at best, and the customer service has been worse than marginal. But Cingular, also a GSM carrier, has an even worse reputation. So maybe combining these two networks will create something that offers at least reasonable quality.

Consolidation in Enterprise Software

Consolidation in Enterprise Software 02/10/2004 02:51 AM
From my handwritten notes (attributions lost), some highlights of the session on ERP sector consolidation at the Enterprise Software Summit. M&A was flat in 2003, except in the self-service category, which surged in the second half with 16 deals representing...

Inkra preaches consolidation to UK

Inkra preaches consolidation to UK 05/19/2004 12:00 PM
Virtualise security and ye shall save

Consolidation runs amok

Consolidation runs amok 02/10/2004 02:59 AM
The impending acquisition of Confluent Software by Oblix has thrown a spanner in the works of analysts' neat ...

McData offers SAN consolidation

McData offers SAN consolidation 09/27/2004 08:49 AM
McData plans to introduce a new SAN router this week designed to connect the growing number of isolated SAN networks in corporations.

You call this consolidation?
(TheDeal.com)

You call this consolidation?
(TheDeal.com) 02/19/2004 06:16 AM
TheDeal.com - A lack of clear matches should leave the wireless market with five players after the Cingular-AT&T Wireless deal.

Consolidation set to cut number of
datacentres from nine to two

Consolidation set to cut number of
datacentres from nine to two 05/17/2004 09:09 PM
Computer Weekly May 18 2004 1:45AM GMT

Free Debt Consolidation Quote in 2 Min.

Free Debt Consolidation Quote in 2 Min. 09/25/2004 01:51 PM
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Consolidation Comes to Euro SEO as
Notabene.net Is Acquired

Consolidation Comes to Euro SEO as
Notabene.net Is Acquired 03/14/2005 05:18 PM
"... becoming Scandinavia’s biggest player on the rapidly growing market. Notabene.net taken over by the successful Danish media house, Danmark Online A/S, with a view to carrying on Notabene.net as the common name and framework of its European objectives."

Systems management consolidation
continues

Systems management consolidation
continues 03/24/2005 08:26 AM
Computer Business Review Mar 24 2005 12:51PM GMT

PlateSpin introduces server
consolidation

PlateSpin introduces server
consolidation 04/13/2005 01:43 AM
globetechnology.com Apr 13 2005 5:56AM GMT

Chipmakers face massive consolidation

Chipmakers face massive consolidation 09/16/2004 05:48 AM
ZDNet UK Sep 16 2004 9:44AM GMT

Nortel CEO: Industry Consolidation Afoot

Nortel CEO: Industry Consolidation Afoot 09/01/2004 12:06 PM
Internet News Sep 1 2004 3:55PM GMT

Consolidation tipped despite outsourcing
boom

Consolidation tipped despite outsourcing
boom 11/05/2003 06:25 AM
ZDNet UK Nov 5 2003 5:28AM ET

Telecom consolidation raises concerns
for IT

Telecom consolidation raises concerns
for IT 02/05/2005 08:59 PM
The merger frenzy in the telecommunications industry accelerated with SBC's agreement to buy AT&T, leaving some IT managers concerned about the possible short- and long-term impacts on their network services.

Consolidation Changes ERP Landscape
(Ziff Davis)

Consolidation Changes ERP Landscape
(Ziff Davis) 08/02/2004 06:49 AM
Ziff Davis - The takeover battle between Oracle and PeopleSoft is only one indication of a shifting industry that has companies seeking to provide a complete IT stack.

Mobile email consolidation kicks off

Mobile email consolidation kicks off 04/18/2005 10:51 AM
RIM faces squeeze

Consolidation Is the New Focus Of IT
Contracts (washingtonpost.com)

Consolidation Is the New Focus Of IT
Contracts (washingtonpost.com) 04/04/2005 02:08 AM
washingtonpost.com - With a couple clicks of a mouse, you can file your taxes, join the Army, reserve a cabin at a national park or apply online for a student loan. In the past decade the federal government has been wired to the hilt, automating its operations and putting many services for taxpayers on the Web. The feds, it seems, have successfully gone online.

Server Consolidation: Five Vendor Myths

Server Consolidation: Five Vendor Myths 07/02/2004 09:36 PM
ZDNet Jul 3 2004 1:33AM GMT

Analyst Consolidation: Gartner Buys Meta

Analyst Consolidation: Gartner Buys Meta 12/27/2004 03:19 PM
It appears that tech company consolidation isn't just in the tech company space itself, but among those who analyze the tech space as well. Gartner Group has apparently decided to spend $165 million on META Group, the firm that once advised all companies to ban all cameraphones. Who knew that such bad advice could be so profitable?

FDA picks Maryland company for IT
consolidation contract

FDA picks Maryland company for IT
consolidation contract 09/07/2004 05:49 PM
ITSolutions will provide IT consolidation services to help streamline operations at eight branches of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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