Stephen King testifies against Penguin Random House-Simon & Schuster merger

The U.S. government's argument that Penguin Random House shouldn't be allowed to purchase Simon & Schuster received backing in court Tuesday from a little "freelance writer" named Stephen King. The famed author took the stand to testify against a proposed merger of the two publishing companies amid an ongoing antitrust trial in Washington. "I came because I think that consolidation is bad for competition," King said, The Associated Press reports. King, who introduced himself as a "freelance writ...