4 ms·Tech buying out competition and shutting it down2 points by babesh 9y agoDrScump 9y agoThe more serious such takeover was when Hearst (longtime owner of the San Francisco Examiner) bought the Chronicle and took it over.babesh 9y agoReminds me of GM buying LA tram companies to eliminate competition by shutting them down. Now it is tech companies and moguls instead.