In a bizarre irony, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has concluded a pending merger in the printing industry somehow violates antitrust laws.
Here's why it's so ironic: The printing industry has battled sales declines for years while traditional customers of the printing sector - books, newspapers, magazines, catalogues and advertisers - have moved to a digital and online world, a sector that actually is dominated by a handful of giant companies that more and more policymakers in Washington now consider monopolies.
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