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AT&T Inc. ’s blockbuster $85.4 billion deal to buy Time Warner Inc. promises to reshape the media landscape—if the companies can navigate a series of obstacles, including possible opposition from U.S. antitrust authorities and objections by lawmakers and media and telecom rivals.
Even before the deal was announced Saturday night, members of Congress, industry groups and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump began to question it, contending the combination of AT&T’s millions of wireless and pay-television subscribers with Time Warner’s stable of TV networks and programming would limit competition and hurt consumers.
AT&T Faces Political Barrage
Ya, but it will go through. Hemming and hawing but it will go through.
Even before the deal was announced Saturday night, members of Congress, industry groups and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump began to question it, contending the combination of AT&T’s millions of wireless and pay-television subscribers with Time Warner’s stable of TV networks and programming would limit competition and hurt consumers.
AT&T Faces Political Barrage
Ya, but it will go through. Hemming and hawing but it will go through.
