AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B

Re:AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B by ranci on Saturday October 22, 2016 @02:51PM (#12770016)

One could look at it another way... the fact that they think that this could even be possible and are willing to go through the motions to reach the agreement speaks volumes about what these giant companies think of the "regulators".

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Re:AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B by bhahn on Saturday October 22, 2016 @03:11PM (#12770109)

It's not that simple. Announcing a merger doesn't necessarily a high chance of success. A recent, relevant example is Comcast's 2014-2015 merger with TWC that was called off after regulator push-back.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2015/04/28/com...

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Re:AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B by r00fus on Saturday October 22, 2016 @07:04PM (#12770979)

Or the AT&T merger with T-Mobile... that not only didn't go through it resulted in a massive contract clause with a $1B payout for T-Mobile...

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