An acquisition of a magazine publisher by a manufacturer of televisions is considered to be a:

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A conglomerate merger is a merger between companies that are in completely different industries or have different business activities. In this case, a magazine publisher and a manufacturer of televisions are two different industries, making it a conglomerate merger. A vertical merger involves companies in the same industry but at different stages of the production process, a horizontal merger involves companies in the same industry and at the same stage of production, and a product-line merger involves companies in the same industry but with complementary product lines.

An Acquisition of a Magazine Publisher by a Manufacturer of Televisions