AAI Joins USC Marshall School of Business IDC Webinar Discussion on Microsoft-Activision Blizzard Merger

AAI’s Diana Moss joined the USC Marshall School of Business webinar, Competition and Video Games – the Microsoft/Activision Blizzard Merger, to discuss the competitive concerns around the deal. From the panel description:

Platform competition is under new scrutiny and video games are no exception. The creative, production and distribution models of video games now depend on platforms. The proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft brings many digital platform strategy issues and their antitrust implications to the forefront. This panel will analyze the most salient issues surrounding the merger. 

Moderator:
D. Daniel Sokol, Professor, Gould School of Law, Marshall School of Business, USC

Panelists:
Ankur Kapoor, Partner at Constantine Cannon
Terrell McSweeny, Partner at Covington
Diana Moss, President at American Antitrust Institute
Joost Rietveld, Assistant Professor at the UCL School of Management