Politicized antitrust, Hollywood megamergers, and Big Tech's AI ad dominance are reshaping the US media landscape — with direct consequences for Korea's content industry, negotiating leverage, and revenue models.
March 5, 2026. A White House conference room. Just five days into the Department of Justice's antitrust trial against Live Nation, CEO Michael Rapino and Attorney General Pam Bondi sat across the same table. By the end of that meeting, a settlement agreement had been signed. The DOJ's lead trial attorney told the judge he had only seen the term sheet that morning. It was a scene that encapsulated a new era in US antitrust: not the law regulating corporations, but political connections determining corporate fate.
