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    AT&T announces $85 billion merger with Time Warner

    America's diversified communications industry is moving back to greater concentration of power over both content and the means of delivery. The latest mega-merger, announced over the weekend, is between AT&T and Time Warner .

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    By Warren Olney • Oct 24, 2016 • 1 min read

    America's diversified communications industry is moving back to greater concentration of power over both content and the means of delivery. The latest mega-merger, announced over the weekend, is between AT&T and Time Warner. Randall Stevenson, Chairman and CEO of AT&T, told reporters, "We're in an environment where our customers want more video, want more entertainment content, not only on the TV, but also on our mobile device." Alina Selyukh, a reporter for NPR and host of its All Tech Considered blog, says the presidential campaigns have already weighed in on the merger.

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Dash cams, body cams and unintended consequences
    1. 1:52AT&T announces $85 billion merger with Time WarnerYou’re reading this
    2. 8:47Dash cams, body cams and unintended consequences
    3. 43:38Politician and anti-war activist Tom Hayden dead at 76
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