Jan 14 Trump’s CEO meetings raise concerns among ethics lawyers By Josh Boak, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump's meetings with CEOs seeking federal approval for major mergers are raising red flags for ethics lawyers. Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch 6:06 News Wrap: AT&T confident in Time Warner deal approval By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, AT&T said it is confident its deal to buy Time Warner will pass muster with Congress and federal regulators. The telecom giant announced plans on Saturday to take over the parent company of HBO, CNN… Continue watching
Oct 23 Watch 3:58 What does AT&T, Time Warner merger mean? By PBS News Hour AT&T, the nation’s second largest cell phone carrier, is buying Time Warner for $85.4 billion and will gain control of TV networks like HBO, TNT and CNN in the biggest deal of its kind since Comcast acquired NBC Universal five… Continue watching
Oct 23 $85 billion merger of AT&T, Time Warner to come under federal scrutiny By Michael D. Regan AT&T has comes to terms on a $85.4 deal to acquire Time Warner, a merger that would make the phone company a telecommunications Goliath. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch What Al Jazeera’s Current TV Acquisition Means for American Media What Al Jazeera's Current TV Acquisition Means for American Media… Continue watching
May 28 Watch After Nine Years, Time Warner to Split From AOL In a long-expected move, Time Warner announced plans to spin off AOL into a publicly traded company, ending their nine-year run together. A Washington Post reporter explains the company's move. Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch Citigroup Faces Fallout from Subprime Market Citigroup, the nation's largest bank, faces both a downgraded credit rating and the resignation of CEO Charles Prince. A business journalist describes the company's struggles. Continue watching
Aug 03 Watch AOL to Offer Free Services as Part of Company Restructuring In an effort to take advantage of the "explosive rise in broadband use and online advertising," Time Warner's Internet arm, AOL, plans to offer free e-mail and other services as it moves away from its dial-up Internet service and cuts… Continue watching
Aug 21 AOL to Regain Cable Business AOL Time Warner Inc. and AT&T on Wednesday announced plans to dissolve their decade-old cable and entertainment partnership in an estimated $9 billion buyout deal. Continue reading
Jan 11 FCC Approves AOL / Time Warner Merger The Federal Communications Commission gave conditional approval to America Online's acquisition of media conglomerate Time Warner. With the FCC's approval, the merger creating the nation's largest media empire has cleared its final hurdle. Continue reading