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  "path": "/2026/03/24/merger-synergies-cbs-news-fires-workers-shutters-100-year-old-cbs-radio/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-24T12:22:05.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.techdirt.com",
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    "cbs",
    "paramount",
    "bari weiss",
    "cbs news",
    "consolidation",
    "david ellison",
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  "textContent": "All modern major U.S. media mergers follow the same trajectory. Executives pump out a bunch of pre-merger lies about job creation and innovation that are parroted by a lazy access press, followed by the rubber stamping by corrupt regulators, followed by oodles of price hikes, layoffs, and quality erosion caused by panicked efforts to pay […]",
  "title": "‘Merger Synergies’: CBS News Fires Workers, Shutters 100 Year Old CBS Radio"
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