Thirty-four groups from the Writers Guild of America West to Public Citizen to Demand Progress have appealed to the Federal Trade Commission to block Amazon’s proposed acquisition of MGM, which they say reflects the e-commerce giant’s growing dominance.The $8.45 billion deal announced in May – which hands Amazon MGM’s content library including the James Bond and Rocky franchises — “is not simply a one-off deal for streaming content; it is the latest move in Amazon’s overarching strategy to create numerous interconnected points of dominance over businesses and consumers,” said the letter sent Tuesday to the FTC Chair Lina Khan.
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