FINALLY!
Perhaps the corporatist/globalist cabal will be defanged and the citizens will be the beneficiaries.
Star for Sessions?
Eighty-five billion dollar purchase.
Why is it again they need tax cuts at the expense of the Mom and Pop stores and the middle class?
“Lina Khan, a scholar with the Open Markets Institute, said that the scrutiny on vertical deals would represent a significant shift from previous antitrust policy at the Justice Department.”
It’s long overdue. If we had any sense, we’d put AT&T out of business permanently.
They are scum.
A house of lies from The Hill. There’s nothing new here.
The merger will be approved if OTHER content providers than CNN are divested.
So will CNN, the champion of Fake News be put on the chopping block or disposed of by Time Warner?
“Makan Delrahim, the Justice Department’s antitrust chief, is reportedly expected to take AT&T to court over its proposed $85 billion deal with Time Warner.
Earlier this month, in an unusually public spat, it was reported that Department of Justice (DOJ) officials had demanded that AT&T sell off CNN’s parent company, Turner Broadcasting, from Time Warner if it wanted the deal approved. DOJ sources told The Hill and other outlets that AT&T had offered to follow through with divesting from CNN.
AT&T has denied both accounts, saying it did not and would not make such an offer.
This alone would make my vote for Trump worth it. Media companies must be broken up.
Imho, “content” is the key. The internet is driven by content. So, this merger could easily be considered a horizontal merger. For example ATT has not only content, but the means to deliver that content to whatever device you choose. TW will provide additional content and the means to deliver it also.
5.56mm