I don’t think it’s a problem of antitrust as it’s diverse industries but what I think is AT&T should have spent that 80 billion on updating their network so it’s not such a crap pile. AT&T is by far the worst company to work with in the n network space. They have highly congested peers, they don’t maintain their interconnections and technology wise they are years behind. On the wireless side their LTE implementation is only ahead of Sprint and that’s not saying much. They are years behind VZW and T-Mobile and in general a hostile bunch to work with. If I were a stock holder (and I’m not) that money should have been spent in house instead of buying HBO. C.N.N is a failing joke it might as well be shut down but the content generators like HBO are a good bet. I just hate to see what AT&T’s culture does to the content they generate. It’s hard for me to imagine Larry David answering to the suits at AT&T.;)
> On Oct 23, 2016, at 2:23 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > > Time Warner cable was split from Time Warner, and charter got that. This is > everything else Time Warner. Hopefully, the anti-trust regulators will > actually do their job, and this won't go through. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 23, 2016, at 11:13 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Wonder what ever happened to Charter buying out Time Warner? Wasn't >> Charter/Spectrom supposed to have just recently bought TWC? What gives? LOL! >> --- >> Christopher Gilland >> JAWS Certified, 2016. >> Training Instructor. >> >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Phone: (704) 256-8010. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Kliphton Miller <mailto:[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2016 1:58 PM >> Subject: AT&T to buy Time Warner for a reported $80 billion >> >>>> U.S. wireless carrier is buying media entertainment conglomerate Time >>>> Warner for a reported $80 billion as consolidation continues in media and >>>> technology industries. AT&T has reportedly agreed >>>> <http://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-reaches-deal-to-buy-time-warner-for-more-than-80-billion-1477157084> >>>> to pay $107.50 a share in a half-cash, half-stock deal, The Wall Street >>>> Journal reported Saturday. Time Warner, which does not have a controlling >>>> shareholder, reported $28 billion in 2015 revenue. >>>> >>>> The media giant had a market capitalization of $68 billion before rumors >>>> of a possible takeover bid. AT&T currently has a market capitalization of >>>> more than $230 billion. >>>> >>>> AT&T’s boss Randall Stephenson, 56 years old, will head the new company >>>> and Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, 64, will leave after an interim period >>>> following the deal, according to a person familiar with the plans. >>>> >>>> The acquisition agreement should be formally announced Saturday evening. >>>> >>>> If the deal goes through, AT&T will control Time Warner’s premium media >>>> properties, including brands like HBO, CNN, TNT and Warner Bros. And just >>>> like that, AT&T could transform itself from the phone company into a media >>>> giant. >>>> >>>> How crazy is that? >>>> >>>> According to the article: >>>> >>>> A merger of the companies would be the most ambitious marriage of content >>>> and distribution in the media and telecom industries since Comcast Corp.’s >>>> purchase of NBCUniversal and would create a behemoth to rival that cable >>>> giant. >>>> >>>> If the deal completes, AT&T will rely on television and media for more >>>> than 40 percent of its whole revenue. WSJ said >>>> <http://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/10/21/apple-recently-approached-time-warner-about-takeover-bid-now-monitoring-att-talks/>yesterday >>>> that Apple recently approached Time Warner “about pursuing a combination” >>>> though the discussions allegedly didn’t progress “beyond a preliminary >>>> stage.” >>>> >>>> <ATT-Time-Warner-merger-WSJ-infographic.jpg> >>>> >>>> Apple, of course, has for years pursued plans to build an online TV >>>> service and a skinny bundle of premium TV programing, to no avail. >>>> Instead, the iPhone maker has shifted energies to creating original >>>> programming of its own. >>>> >>>> Source: >>>> >> >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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