Conglomeration February 4, 2003February 22, 2017 RUEFUL . . . AND EVEN A BIT TRUEFUL This Saturday Night Live skit takes a long time to load if you’re on a dial-up modem, but on my machine eventually did load and began playing. MEDIA CONCENTRATION Can we rely on the media conglomerates to make media conglomeration the important topic of discussion it should be? Click here. TAX-FREE DIVIDENDS Dave Neal: ‘Do you know how the current bush plan to eliminate tax on dividends would affect CIRA/401k accounts? It would seem that ‘tax-free’ dividends would still be be taxed when withdrawn. This would actually penalize retirement accounts!’ ☞ True. But Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill would save $6 million a year (to take just one example), so it all evens out.