We suppose that we should put in our two cents worth on the rumor that refuses to die that EchoStar and DirecTV may be preparing to merge. Both the News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch and the EchoStar CEO Charlie Ergen, have both addressed the issue publicly during the past week highlighting two issues, who would run it and would it be allowed by regulators? On the subject of running the service the natural choice would be Charlie Ergen, since he was the founder of EchoStar and the News Corp CEO is in his seventies and runs all of News Corp. But however you look at it Ergen would be reporting to Murdoch and we can’t see that happening, while at…