Should the Internet Exempt the Media Sector from the Antitrust Laws?

Authors

Thomas J. Horton, University of South Dakota School of Law
Robert H. Lande, University of Baltimore School of Law

Abstract

This Article will demonstrate that concern over the potential harms from media mergers can best be expressed not in terms of price, cost, savings or efficiency, but rather in terms of consumer choice with regard to the perspectives quality, and varieties of approaches to news coverage. Indeed, competition in terms of the quality and variety of offerings is crucial in this sector. These non-price attributes, rather than price or cost competition, should be the focus of market definition and other issues of antitrust concern for media cases. This Article focuses its analysis on newspapers, but much of the analysis also applies to parts of the “old” media.

Recommended Citation

Thomas J. Horton and Robert H. Lande, Should the Internet Exempt the Media Sector from the Antitrust Laws?, 65 Fla. L. Rev. 1521 (2013).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/flr/vol65/iss5/3