21 groups form coalition against Comcast-NBCU merger

Bloomberg, Parents Television Council, National Organization of Women, Writer’s Guild of America, Free Press, and sixteen other groups have banded together to oppose the proposed Comcast-NBC Universal merger. They call themselves The Coalition for Competition in Media. Here’s a full-page ad they recently placed in the Chicago Sun-Times:

The deal is still being reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department. More information on the coalition, including reaction from Comcast, can be found in Bloomberg Businessweek (click here).