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Major Change Unlikely Despite Open-Internet Ruling
ANICK JESDANUN, AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Don’t expect major changes to how you access your favorite websites and services despite a federal appeals court’s decision to set aside rules meant...
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Liberty Media Drops Bid to Buy Rest of Sirius
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Liberty Media is dropping its bid to buy the rest of the satellite radio provider Sirius. The move disclosed late Thursday comes as Liberty Media Corp., which is controlled by...
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Comcast Argues Benefits of Time Warner Cable Deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Comcast Corp. on Tuesday presented its case to government regulators arguing that its $45 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable Inc. will benefit consumers without limiting...
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Watching Comcast and Time Warner on and off the Screen
By Ron Busby NNPA Columnist As much television as Black folks watch, we should keep our eye on the proposed acquisition of Time Warner by Comcast a whole lot closer than anyone else. You know as well...
View ArticleBeyond the Rhetoric: Art of the Corporate Shakedown
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist There is probably no poverty pimp that is lower than a leech. This type of hustler wants to suck up as much money as he/she can within a very short period. These guys...
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FCC Puts Together Committees to Scrutinize TWC-Comcast and AT&T-DirecTV Mergers
(Game Politics) – Anyone against the proposed mergers between Time Warner Cable and Comcast and AT&T and DirecTV should take some solace in the fact that some of the members of several review...
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Comcast Accused of Wooing FCC Commissioner with $110K Dinner
(Daily Tech) – For Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) subscribers dreading the pending takeover by Comcast Corp. (CMCSA), the news isn’t pretty. Hopes to avoid getting the “Comcast experience and...
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CEOs in 10 Big Mergers to Get $430M: Equilar Study
BERNARD CONDON, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s flurry of corporate mergers may not pay off for shareholders in the long run, but one thing is for sure: The bosses who are selling their...
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Comcast Critics Unite to Oppose TWC Merger
(Politico) – Some of the biggest opponents of the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger are joining forces in a new coalition as they intensify efforts to crush the deal’s chances for approval in...
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If Comcast Loses, Millennials Win
(Forbes) – Last month, President Obama released a statement directed at the FCC in favor of net neutrality. In it, he threw his support behind reclassifying Internet service as a utility—a move that...
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Comcast, Al Sharpton Hit With $20 Billion Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
Eriq Gardner, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER (The Hollywood Reporter)—Even though the FCC hasn’t yet ruled on the proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable, one group has already filed a lawsuit...
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Black Media, Business and Civil Rights Groups Take Issue with Byron Allen’s...
Special to the NNPA from Target Market News CHICAGO — Three national African-American organizations have issued a joint statement in response to the $20 billion lawsuit filed by television producer...
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Comcast Abandons Time Warner Cable Bid After Gov’t Pushback
TALI ARBEL, AP Business Writers MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — What killed Comcast’s $45 billion bid for Time Warner Cable? Regulators’ desire to protect the Internet video...
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Charter Buys Time Warner Cable in $55B Deal
(USA Today) – Charter Communications said Tuesday that it is buying Time Warner Cable for $55.3 billion, forging ahead with its theory that broadening its presence nationally would provide the...
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Charter Customers Say Bigger Isn’t Likely to Mean Better
(New York Times) – “Maybe it will go from an F-minus to an F.” So predicted Terence Allen of Atlanta, a longtime Charter Communications subscriber, upon hearing that many long-suffering Time Warner...
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What Charter-Time Warner Cable Deal Could Mean for Consumers
TALI ARBEL, AP Business Writers BREE FOWLER, AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — As the Internet has upended their business, cable companies have been racing to reinvent themselves as dominant...
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Judge Awards Nearly $230,000 to Woman Who Got 153 Robocalls
LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn’t a robocall, but a federal judge left a message anyway for companies Tuesday when he awarded nearly $230,000 to a Texas woman, finding that a...
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OP-ED: How heavy a burden does a person of color alleging discrimination have...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The United States Supreme Court's decision will determine whether a plaintiff who alleges race discrimination pursuant to 42 USC 1981 may have his or her day in court if he or she can...
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