DOJ keeping competitive market for print publications - THANK YOU! June 20, 2019 Justice Department Sues to Block Quad’s Acquisition of LSC The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today seeking to block Quad/Graphics Inc.’s proposed acquisition of LSC Communications Inc. in order to preserve competition in the markets for magazine, catalog, and book printing services in the United States. “American publishers and retailers rely on Quad and LSC to print and distribute billions of magazines, catalogs, and books each year,” said Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division.  “LSC is Quad’s primary competitor.  If this deal were allowed to proceed, Quad would dominate the markets for magazine, catalog, and book printing services and be able to raise prices and reduce quality at the expense of publishers, retailers, and, ultimately, American consumers.” https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-block-quad-s-acquisition-lsc Not to mention CONTROL what gets printed and by whom.