JAMES B. STEWARTNY Times Syndication Friday, May 29, 2015 7:31pm Whatever the outcome of the latest proposed mergers and acquisitions in the media industry, a clear winner has already emerged, and it's not even a party to any of the deals: Netflix, the streaming television pioneer. Related News/Archive To many in the cable and broadband businesses, the invisible hand of Netflix has been apparent in the failed Comcast-Time Warner Cable combination; in likely restrictions on the merger between AT&T and DirecTV; and in the Obama administration's embrace of net neutrality. But Netflix is hardly the only corporate beneficiary. To varying degrees, an array of Silicon Valley powerhouses —...
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