The federal government's role in merger approvals gives the Trump administration an easy way to coerce big media companies; other industries could be next (Dan Perry/MediaPost)
Dan Perry / MediaPost:
The federal government’s role in merger approvals gives the Trump administration an easy way to coerce big media companies; other industries could be next — The Trump administration has discovered a nifty new trick: It is using federal merger authority to pressure news organizations into compliant coverage.