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    The Business

    Hollywood news banter

    With AT&T’s upcoming acquisition of Time Warner , will there be a culture clash between the two very different companies?

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    By Kim Masters • Jun 15, 2018 • 1 min read
    • With AT&T’s upcoming acquisition of Time Warner, will there be a culture clash between the two very different companies?

    • Now that the court approved the AT&T-Time Warner merger, the race is on to buy Fox. Comcast has already topped Disney’s initial offer, and Disney will likely come back with an even higher counter.

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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    The full episode

    1 of 2
    As a director, Simon Baker rides the waves and takes a ‘Breath’
    1. 1:00Hollywood news banterYou’re reading this
    2. 7:46Simon Baker on his directorial debut, ‘Breath’
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