"The acquisition was jaw-dropping, " says Wanda Meloni, principal analyst at the digital media M2 Research firm in San Diego.

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"Avid is going to have to realign its products to compete in this new mid-priced market, " says M2 Research's Meloni.

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In the U.S., the J Capital Research team point out, M2 is about 75% of GDP.

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