Paul, google "industry lifecycle." Industries late in their lifecycles consolidate. It's unavoidable.

How many streaming websites for movies are there.

Yep.

I may actually have first come across this link in the Slog's very own comments, but it's worth a repost:

Hugh Laurie - Stephen Fry. It's A Soaraway Life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhGF8a1H…
- OR -
http://goo.gl/9x6IM

I've got to say, if you're only just starting to get upset about publishing house mergers/consolidation, you're a couple of decades behind the times.