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Oct. 5, 1999

Size Matters

By Garry Abrams The mania for merging entertainment and media entities in this decade has spun off at least two kinds of legal messes. The first, and easiest to deal with, is Ancient Mogul Divorce Syndrome. It is hard to say what's to blame. Coincidence? Or the hormonal synergy generated by these behemoth unions of film, broadcast and cable television, publishing, Internet ventures and sports teams in one corporate skyscraper?

By Garry Abrams
        The mania for merging entertainment and media entities in this decade has spun off at least two kinds of legal messes.
        The first, and easiest to deal with, is Ancient Mogul Divorce Syndrome. It is hard to say what's to blame. Coincidence? Or the hormonal synergy generated by these behemoth unions of film, broadcast and cable television,...

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