http://dir.salon.com/topics/merger/?source=rss&aim=merger en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST By Patrick Smith Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/02/15/askthepilot264/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/02/15/askthepilot264/index.html?source=rss Who benefits when airlines merge? Who gets hit the hardest? By Andrew Leonard Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/12/king_of_beer_mergers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/12/king_of_beer_mergers/index.html?source=rss Will patriotic Americans stand by while a foreign brewery chugs down red-white-and-blue Budweiser? Or will they say, good riddance! By Sean Elder Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/business/col/elder/2000/06/24/mergermeeting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/col/elder/2000/06/24/mergermeeting/index.html?source=rss Time Warner and AOL shareholders bless the marriage. But will Europe and the U.S. government throw rice? By Gregg Kilday Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/06/22/vivendi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/06/22/vivendi/index.html?source=rss French media giant Vivendi takes over Universal Pictures. Cue the Jerry Lewis flicks? By Sean Elder Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/06/14/aol/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/06/14/aol/index.html?source=rss A group of consumer advocates and content providers is fighting the merger of AOL and Time Warner. These strange bedfellows won't kill the deal, but they could alter it for the better. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/01/microsoft_yahoo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/01/microsoft_yahoo/index.html?source=rss In the annals of Silicon Valley culture, this merger fight is a definite biggie. But everyone knows Steve Ballmer's real target is Google. By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/11/21/merger_problems/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/11/21/merger_problems/index.html?source=rss A Harvard analyst says government consolidation won't improve the fight against terrorism quickly, and maybe not at all. The reason: Most big corporate mergers fail. By Moshe Adler Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/12/07/antitrust/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/12/07/antitrust/index.html?source=rss Media misinformation is yet another example of failed antitrust regulation. By Janelle Brown Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/06/28/jupiter_metrix/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/06/28/jupiter_metrix/index.html?source=rss Media Metrix's merger with Jupiter Communications creates an intimidating one-stop shop for Web analysis. By Sean Elder Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/elde/2000/03/15/merger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/elde/2000/03/15/merger/index.html?source=rss Analysts are comparing the merger of Times Mirror and the Tribune Company to AOL-Time Warner, but the combined company looks more like an industrial age holdout than a 21st century media giant. By Burt Wolf Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/travel/food/col/wolf/2000/01/27/wine/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/food/col/wolf/2000/01/27/wine/index.html?source=rss What does Steve Case's choice of wine reveal about the AOL-Time Warner deal? By Janelle Brown Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/01/14/media_competition/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/01/14/media_competition/index.html?source=rss Lots of Web companies count on visitors from AOL. Will they get as many when the online service owns its own content? By Scott Rosenberg Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/01/14/aol_deal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/01/14/aol_deal/index.html?source=rss The AOL-Time Warner deal sets the freewheeling Internet on a collision course with the masters of mass-market convenience. By Janelle Brown, Damien Cave and Lydia Lee Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/01/11/aol_reaction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/01/11/aol_reaction/index.html?source=rss Will the new colossus change the Internet for better or worse? By Scott Rosenberg Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/01/10/aol_time/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/01/10/aol_time/index.html?source=rss Fear drove the two companies into bed with each other. Now it's our turn to be afraid. By Susanna Stromberg Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/01/22/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/01/22/feature/index.html?source=rss Wanderlust's selective guide to travel-related news from across the globe