Jun 03 Trump suggests boycott of CNN’s parent company AT&T By Mae Anderson, Associated Press After his arrival in London for a pomp-filled state visit to Britain, Trump tweeted that CNN is his chief source of U.S. news but that he "turned it off" because of the "negative" and Fake News."… Continue reading
Feb 26 U.S. appeals court clears AT&T’s $81 billion purchase of Time Warner By Marcy Gordon, Tali Arbel, Associated Press A federal appeals court on Tuesday cleared AT&T's takeover of Time Warner, rejecting the Trump administration's claims that the $81 billion deal will harm consumers and reduce competition in the TV industry. Continue reading
Jul 12 Trump DOJ appealing judge’s OK of AT&T-Time Warner merger By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Stung by a federal judge's dismissal of its objections to AT&T's megamerger with Time Warner, the Trump Justice Department is challenging the decision with a legal appeal. Continue reading
Jun 13 Comcast challenges Disney with $65 billion bid for Fox By Mae Anderson, Associated Press The bid comes just a day after a federal judge cleared AT&T's takeover of Time Warner and rejected the government's argument that it would hurt competition in cable and satellite TV and jack up costs to consumers for streaming TV… Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch 5:10 Why the AT&T mega-merger is a green light for other businesses AT&T can complete an $85 billion purchase of Time Warner, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. Best known as a wireless provider, AT&T would acquire major content creators like HBO, CNN and Warner Brothers under the deal. The Justice Department… Continue watching
Jun 12 AT&T can move ahead with Time Warner merger, judge rules By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press The judge rejected the government argument that a merger would hurt pay-TV consumers, competition. Continue reading
May 11 AT&T chief lobbyist out after hiring Trump attorney Cohen By Associated Press In a memo to employees, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said the company made a "big mistake" in hiring Cohen as a political consultant. While everything the company did was legal, Stephenson said that the association with Cohen was "a serious… Continue reading
Apr 30 Sprint, T-Mobile try to sell antitrust regulators on $26.5 billion deal By Tali Arbel, Stan Choe, Associated Press To gain approval for their $26.5 billion merger agreement, T-Mobile and Sprint aim to convince antitrust regulators that there is plenty of competition for wireless service beyond Verizon and AT&T. Continue reading
Nov 21 Why the Justice Department is suing to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger By Tali Arbel, Associated Press AT&T is vowing to fight the U.S. government to save its $85 billion bid for Time Warner. Here's what we know. Continue reading
Nov 20 Watch 5:29 What would the AT&T-Time Warner merger mean for consumers? By PBS News Hour The Justice Department is suing to block a $85 billion merger between media and telecom giants AT&T and Time Warner, in the first major antitrust case taken up by the Trump administration. Some observers have openly wondered if the decision… Continue watching