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I don't get it. Am I dumb? Are they buying other publications just for the branding?
Acquiring a company just for the brand or even just to make it disappear is pretty common in all of the corporate world.
Quality worsens. Losing a lot of reliable sources for Wikipedia and other free content sites to use.
The violence is the point