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Forbes interviews Quantum Principal about AT&T/TW proposed merger

October 25, 2016

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In an extensive interview with Ava Seave co-author of Curse of the Mogul,” Forbes reporter Steve Rosenbaum asked Seave how she and her co-authors would evaluate the AT&TTW merger. He rightly interpreted her opinion that if AT&T goes this way, it will be a ‘Curse’ and buyer’s remorse. “We showed that in almost all cases, it doesn’t help the scale of a company that combines owning distribution and owning content. If the price is right, in the financial sense, you could get a good deal and bring in a lot more money than something costs — but in an operational sense, there is not a lot of synergy.” To read the full article, go here.