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-- 2016 --

October 21: Report: AT&T in talks to buy Time Warner
http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/21/media/time-warner-att-merger-talks/index.html

October 21: Why AT&T’s merger with Time Warner is such a huge deal
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/10/21/att-could-soon-own-almost-everything-from-hbo-to-cnn-to-dc-comics/?utm_term=.d72389f759e5

October 23:
AT&T Agrees to Buy Time Warner for $85.4 Billion - The New York Times

The telecommunications giant agreed on Saturday to buy Time Warner, the home of HBO and CNN, for about $85.4 billion, creating a new colossus capable of both producing content and distributing it to millions with wireless

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/business/dealbook/att-agrees-to-buy-time-warner-for-more-than-80-billion.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=3A41FB458DBEFB10219C65DA4AB7A684&gwt=pay

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October 25: It takes a particularly complicated type of merger to unite Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Wall Street in their skepticism of it ... Donald Trump, addressing a crowd in Gettysburg, said his administration would not approve [the merger deal between AT&T and Time Warner]  because “it’s too much concentration of power in the hands of too few.”
[See more at November 10, 2017]
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/10/att-time-warner-boo-hiss/505367/

-- 2017 --

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January 18: Trump changes tune on AT&T-Time Warner merger

Donald Trump backtracked on his promise to block AT&T's proposed $86 billion takeover of Time Warner, during an interview with Axios in which the President-Elect is beginning to recognize the complexities of his new job.
https://www.axios.com/trump-changes-tune-on-att-time-warner-merger-1513299986-8508ce36-2199-47c5-9943-a85ca0b5e599.html

November 20:
Trump administration sues to block AT&T-Time Warner merger  ... The suit comes little more than a year after then-candidate Donald Trump said the $85 billion merger would place ‘too much concentration of power in the hands of too few.’
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/20/trump-lawsuit-att-time-warner-merger-250956

November 20: Why the Trump Administration Is Suing to Block the AT&T–Time Warner Merger ...

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There are two starkly different explanations for the Justice Department’s motives. The first is that a merger between two powerful media companies deserves to be blocked, since it provides an obvious temptation for anticompetitive practices.

But the second explanation ... argues that the Justice Department is acting purely on President Donald Trump’s behalf to punish CNN, which is owned by Time Warner ...
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/11/trump-att-time-warner/546443/

November 21: The U.S. lawsuit to stop AT&T Inc.’s takeover of Time Warner Inc. has sparked accusations that the Justice Department, driven by political meddling from the Trump White House, is pursuing a risky case that it’s bound to lose.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-21/at-t-lawsuit-over-time-warner-shows-tough-u-s-turn-on-antitrust

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December 6: 8 antitrust experts on what Trump’s war on CNN means for the AT&T–Time Warner merger ... “There’s no question that AT&T will use those comments in its defense.”
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/12/6/16730874/att-time-warner-cnn-trump-antitrust

December 12: Former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page argued in court papers on Tuesday that AT&T Inc (T.N) should not be permitted to buy CNN parent Time Warner Inc (TWX.N) because there was a risk it would lead to “recklessness” in journalism.

Late on Tuesday, the court appeared to dismiss his opinion, saying in a brief filing that “Dr. Page’s submission does not appear to be meaningfully relevant to the issues in this case.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-time-warner-m-a-at-t-carterpage/ex-trump-aide-carter-page-tells-court-to-stop-att-time-warner-deal-idUSKBN1E632T

December 20: Republicans passed their first major piece of legislation under president Donald Trump today (Dec. 20), a tax bill that slashes corporate tax rates and favors the wealthy.

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In honor of the occasion, AT&T said it would spend $1.2 billion on US investments and one-time bonuses to employees.
https://qz.com/1162257/tax-reform-2017-will-att-make-trump-happy-enough-to-get-their-time-warner-deal-done/

December 20: Trump Touts AT&T Bonuses Amid Dispute Over Time Warner Deal
https://www.usnews.com/news/economy/articles/2017-12-20/trump-touts-at-t-bonuses-amid-dispute-over-time-warner-deal

December 21: AT&T gets in Trump's good graces after praising tax bill as legal showdown over Time Warner bid looms

The president ... singled out AT&T's decision to increase capital spending in the U.S. and provide employee bonuses. "And that's because of what we did. So that's pretty good," Trump said.
http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-att-trump-20171221-story.html

-- 2018 --

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February 5: Trump's crackdown on AT&T-Time Warner is infuriating big media — to the benefit of Amazon, Netflix and others

The Justice Department's decision to sue to block the $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner by AT&T has clogged up the future of the legacy media business as executives wait to see what's possible — and what isn't — in a Trump administration.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/05/trump-delay-att-time-warner-approval-stalled-big-media-helps-netflix-amazon.html

March 9: Former DOJ Officials Ask for Inquiry Into Trump Interference in AT&T-Time Warner Case
https://variety.com/2018/politics/news/trump-interference-att-time-warner-antitrust-suit-cnn-1202722588/


June 12:
Federal judge clears AT&T's bid for Time Warner with no conditions

Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim said the Justice Department was disappointed with the decision.

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"We continue to believe that the pay-TV market will be less competitive and less innovative as a result of the proposed merger between AT&T and Time Warner. We will closely review the Court's opinion and consider next steps in light of our commitment to preserving competition for the benefit of American consumers," Delrahim said in a statement.

The outcome of the trial could spur a wave of deals in the telecom and media industries, as well as clear the way for future vertical mergers, where a company buys its supplier.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/12/att-time-warner-ruling.html

June 12: Aiming at AT&T and Time Warner, Trump shot from the hip and missed
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/06/12/aiming-at-att-and-time-warner-trump-shot-from-the-hip-and-missed/?utm_term=.8dd20dc1f1f9

June 15: AT&T Completes Acquisition of Time Warner Inc.
http://about.att.com/story/att_completes_acquisition_of_time_warner_inc.html

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August 27: Inspector General: Trump Queried FCC’s Ajit Pai on ‘Legal Framework’ of AT&T-Time Warner Merger

Just days before he took office, President Trump met with FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai at Trump Tower, but did not ask him any specific policy questions or about his regulatory philosophy.

Trump was interested in the “legal framework” of the AT&T-Time Warner merger.

That is one of the details in an inspector general’s report, released on Monday, into whether Pai showed favoritism toward Sinclair Broadcast Group, which has ties to the Trump administration. The report found “no evidence, nor even the suggestion, of impropriety, unscrupulous behavior, favoritism towards Sinclair,” but it also provided some details of Pai’s meetings with Trump and contacts with other White House officials.

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At the time of the Jan. 16, 2017 meeting, Trump already had expressed his opposition to the AT&T-Time Warner transaction. In the fall of last year, the Justice Department sued to block the transaction, but a federal judge ruled in favor of AT&T and Time Warner, clearing the way for the completion of the merger. The government is appealing the decision.
https://variety.com/2018/politics/news/trump-fcc-att-time-warner-1202918456/


November 12: Democrats to examine why Trump wanted to block AT&T-Time Warner merger: Report

According to Axios, the Democrats will investigate whether Trump's attempts to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger was merely to 'punish' to CNN.

The Democrats also want to look into whether Trump attempted to "punish" The Washington Post by trying to get the postmaster general to raise Amazon postal rates, according to Axios.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/democrats-to-examine-why-trump-wanted-to-block-at-t-time-warner-merger-report/


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