Liberty Media chair and early cable pioneer John Malone, slamming tech giants that are “almost monopolies” for the second time this week.They’re global in scale, have enormous breadth, [massive] balance sheets, and they have been the principal beneficiaries in recent years of the equity rise. 'I think that Charter should be allowed to merge with Comcast, Cox, or anybody else to reduce costs and improve the quality of the service they provide,' said John Malone.