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Foreign Ownership
French Water buys Canadian whiskey and American movies. When the French company, Vivendi, buys Seagrams and Universal, what happens to Hollywood? Will we see more of the same, more studios purchased by companies from other lands? Are the French fighting back against American imperialism? Also, the latest on Chuck Quackenbush, the embattled state Insurance Commissioner due to testify before the Assembly insurance committee. One of his top aides will take the stand before him, either to spill his guts or take the 5th? What about the whistleblower from his office?
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readFrench Water buys Canadian whiskey and American movies. When the French company, Vivendi, buys Seagrams and Universal, what happens to Hollywood? Will we see more of the same, more studios purchased by companies from other lands? Are the French fighting back against American imperialism?
Also, the latest on Chuck Quackenbush, the embattled state Insurance Commissioner due to testify before the Assembly insurance committee. One of his top aides will take the stand before him, either to spill his guts or take the 5th? What about the whistleblower from his office?
