Justice Department

Justice Backs Verizon-Alltel Deal

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:25:21 -0700

Verizon Wireless to Divest in 15 Additional Markets

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:50:24 -0700

Advertisers Say Google-Yahoo Deal Would Stifle Competition, Possibly Raise Prices

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:03:09 -0700

Big Marketers Challenge Google-Yahoo Deal

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:46:08 -0700

Google Ad Deal Is Under Scrutiny

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:23:06 -0700

The Justice Department has opened a formal antitrust investigation into a deal struck last month that would allow Internet titan Google to provide some search advertising for Yahoo, according to sources familiar with the inquiry.

Yahoo/Google Deal Under Investigation

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:14:32 -0700

US anti-trust regulators have opened an investigation into Yahoo's search advertising partnership with Google to examine if the $800m (£403m) a year deal restricts competition in the market.

Google Optimistic Regulators Won't Bar Yahoo

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:46:23 -0700

Google Inc believes regulators would not bar a potential business deal with Yahoo Inc because it would be "non-exclusive" and falls short of an outright merger, a person familiar with Google's thinking said on Friday.

Out of Tune with Consumers

Stevie Converse — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:45:16 -0700

The latest example of a government bailout of a troubled industry has nothing to do with Bear Stearns. It is, instead, the Justice Department's decision to give the green light to the merger of the satellite radio companies XM and Sirius.

Justice Dept. OKs Merger of XM, Sirius; Now It's Up to FCC

Stevie Converse — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:37:16 -0700

The Justice Department gave its OK on Monday to a deal that would put Howard Stern and Oprah Winfrey under the same satellite radio company roof.

Public Knowledge Asks FCC for Conditions on XM-Sirius Merger

Stevie Converse — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:28:25 -0700

The U.S. Department of Justice today approved the merger between XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. The following is the comment of Gigi B. Sohn, president and co-founder of Public Knowledge:

Kohl: FCC Should Block XM-Sirius Merger

Stevie Converse — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:25:02 -0700

The chairman of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee told the Federal Communications Commission it should not allow XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio to merge, saying that it would create a satellite-radio monopoly.

Statement of the Dept. of Justice on its XM-Sirius Merger Decision

Stevie Converse — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:54:55 -0700

Statement of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division on its Decision to Close its Investigation of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.'s Merger
with Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.

Justice Dept. Approves XM-Sirius Merger

Stevie Converse — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:46:35 -0700

The Justice Department approved Sirius Satellite Radio's $5 billion buyout of rival XM Satellite Radio on Monday, saying the deal was unlikely to hurt competition or consumers.

NAB 'Astonished' By XM-Sirius Approval

Stevie Converse — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:07:48 -0700

"We are astonished that the Justice Department would propose granting a monopoly to two companies that systematically broke FCC rules for more than a decade," said NAB EVP Dennis Wharton in response to Monday's announcement by the Department of Justice that it had approved the merger of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius S

Justice Dept. Approves XM Merger with Sirius

Stevie Converse — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:00:29 -0700

The Justice Department gave approval on Monday to the merger of two rival radio networks, XM and Sirius, a marriage that would create a de facto monopoly in satellite services now used by more than 17 million subscribers.
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Justice Dept. Approves XM-Sirius Radio Merger

Stevie Converse — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:32:19 -0700

The Justice Department approved the merger of XM and Sirius yesterday, ruling that the union of the nation's two major satellite-radio services does not create an anti-competitive monopoly.