nikka you are in an entirely different place with this.
IDGAF if Trump blocks this if the reasoning is "to prevent a viable media monopoly". He's not blocking it on those grounds, the DOJ is blocking it based purely on partisanship. That is the issue.
THE JUST DEPARTMENT SHOULD ONLY DO THINGS FOR THE RIGHT REASONS! HOW IS THIS fukkING HARD TO COMPREHEND?They can keep CNN if they sale Direct TV.
Whatever you guys wanna call it the deal should not be approved .
I should congratulate a person for doing things for the wrong reason if the outcome is good?
no...I'm well versed on Kant.
No because they haven't laid out which parts make it too big and why or how this vertical integration is going to mean fewer and more expensive options to consumers...
AT&T defends Time Warner merger, announces $35 DirecTV streaming
Those pesky regulators
Stephenson acknowledged that regulators will likely impose conditions on AT&T's purchase of Time Warner. As we noted in previous stories, owning Time Warner would give AT&T incentive to raise the prices its rivals (such as Comcast, Charter, and Verizon) pay to distribute Time Warner programming on their cable TV systems, which could indirectly raise consumers' TV bills. @Call Me James
AT&T could also harm online video services that compete against DirecTV by charging them higher prices for content or refusing to license videos. AT&T could favor Time Warner video on its own networks by letting it stream without counting against the data caps applied to video services like Netflix. (While DirecTV Now will be available over any Internet connection, it won't count against data caps on AT&T's mobile network if the company follows its past practices.)
Stephenson said that Time Warner will continue to distribute its content "widely and broadly"
after the merger without giving exclusive access to AT&T. Time Warner news divisions like CNN will also retain editorial independence, he said.
AT&T has suggested that it might not need FCC approval to complete the merger, though it may end up having to apply for FCC approval of certain license transfers. The Department of Justice will review the merger regardless of whether the FCC has to approve any license transfers.
No because they haven't laid out which parts make it too big and why or how this vertical integration is going to mean fewer and more expensive options to consumers...
Why are you obsessed with him? Are you a gay?So your just waiting for Nap
Not really. It's more about them having access to their entire supply chain. Those are viable concerns and there are numerous ways to go about this. It's not so much the number of users. It's about the ability to prove that users will be negatively affected with regard to the DOJ. If the FCC challenged the merger then ATT would have to prove how it wouldn't harm customers.It is more about the potential abuses of media power that AT&T could inflect going forward
DOJ is stepping in because the FCC has no nuts and is filled to the brim with "lobbyist"
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this conflict of interest one of the things that sorta related to net nutrality? like funneling users to specific products, which in turn is anti- competitive. media market shares are wack, people consolidating pieces of the pie
saw T-Mobile giving out netflix for free, not really a good comparison but it shows how they are grouping together services. it's all about # of users and consolidation
Maybe they were going to block it anyway and they’re trying to muddy the waters just for fun.
I doubt they take it to court.
I just hate the new normality of network operators purchasing content rights. 
AT&T's wireless network seeks to become the best place to find all of Time Warner's content — and lure in customers that way. Americans are shifting a huge amount of their entertainment consumption to mobile screens. If AT&T can get its tablet users to stream HBO Now as opposed to content it doesn't own, AT&T effectively gets paid twice: Once for the use of cellular data, and once for the subscription revenue from HBO. Extend that across all of AT&T's 133 million cellular connections and numerous content sources it'll own through Time Warner, and that's a lot of new potential revenue.
Second, it'll earn even more money by studying its customers' content consumption. Because AT&T collects a ton of data about how its customers use its services, that behavioral information could help AT&T sell targeted ads that are more lucrative than standard advertisements. With Time Warner's assets, AT&T will learn even more about people's preferences.
I'm not the dictator of america 
