Combining purchased itunes libraries from two apple ids that were both created by me?

I created a new Apple ID.  I have an entirely new Comcast account.  The old comcast account has my username and all of my purchased iTunes music/videos/tvshows/etc. and now I am currently using a Gmail email account for my apple ID.  I just would like to try and combine my old purchased media into my newly purchased media.  I do not currently see a smooth transitional way to copy them over through iTunes.  Any support/help/music suggestions are welcome.
Cheers,
Rock

iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203

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