Lawrence O'Donnell did a segment on this last night. Apparently, it's a Trump personal vendetta against Hollywood, similar to the effort to block the ATT-Time Warner merger.
As someone who studied industrial organization in grad school, the Oscars anti-trust claim makes zero sense. Sent from my iPad > On Apr 3, 2019, at 1:14 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > DoJ indicates that should the Academy go ahead with Spielberg’s proposed > changes to block Netflix from consideration, if might violate antitrust laws. > I’ve read it and reread it, and while I think Spielberg’s opinion makes him > come across as an old elitist snob, such a rule change seems far from against > the law. I’m uncertain why the DoJ would even get involved in an award show. > > https://variety.com/2019/politics/news/doj-oscar-rules-changes-netflix-1203178413/ > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
