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AOL Hires Advisers, with Eye on Yahoo

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:47:09 -0500

Full article: Wall Street Journal
Gina Chon and Anypreeta Das
AOL has hired financial advisers to explore various strategic options for the company, one of which includes a possible tie-up with bigger rival Yahoo.

AOL Weighing Yahoo Takeover

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:15:28 -0400

Full article: Newser
Rob Quinn
Takeover rumors are swirling around Yahoo again. AOL is in talks with several private equity firms over a possible "reverse merger" between the two Internet giants that would see AOL chief Tim Armstrong heading up the combined company.

Merged Honolulu Star-Advertiser Begins June 7

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 14 May 2010 12:56:27 -0400

Full article: KITV Honolulu
Keoki Kerr
The merged <em>Honolulu Star-Advertiser</em> debuts June 7, with nearly 400 people losing their jobs in the process, according to the publisher of the combined newspaper.

Free Press Congratulates Comcast on Being Named ‘Worst Company in America 2010’

Jenn Ettinger — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:27:00 -0400

WASHINGTON – Free Press today congratulated Comcast for the dubious distinction of being dubbed the “Worst Company in America” by the readers of Consumerist.com.

Free Press Urges FCC to Closely Examine Proposed CenturyLink and Qwest Deal

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:55:04 -0400

Full article: Free Press
CenturyLink and Qwest Communications serve large swaths of rural America that have yet to see deployment of high-quality broadband services. We expect the FCC to closely examine the merged company's commitment to deploying next-generation technology and their willingness to adhere to open Internet principles.

CenturyTel to Buy Qwest in $22.4B Deal

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:17:51 -0400

Full article: GigaOM
Stacey Higginbotham
CenturyTel said that it agreed to buy Qwest Communications in a deal valued at $22.4 billion, continuing the consolidation of rural telephone companies and ending speculation as to when and how Qwest would manage to sell portions of its business.

Sen. Franken: Comcast Merger Will Raise Cable Rates

Megan Tady — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:48:11 -0400

Sen. Al Franken discusses the implications of the Comcast/NBC merger with Attorney General Eric Holder during a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on April 14, 2010. The Department of Justice is investigating the merger. Find out more.

Malone Doesn't Rule Out DirecTV, Phone Company Merger

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:31:28 -0500

Full article: Bloomberg News
Kelly Riddell
DirecTV Chairman John Malone hasn't ruled out a possible takeover by AT&T or Verizon, saying they will likely have closer ties to his company as they develop packages of phone and television service.

Consumer Choice vs. Mega-Merger

mthompson — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:02:23 -0500

As Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, eyes a potential purchase of NBC, the Obama administration's past commitments to better media may soon be put to the test. Tell Washington to stop the merger.

Why Does Comcast Want NBC?

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:31:31 -0500

Full article: Seeking Alpha
Jeffrey Ely
A merged Comcast-NBC Universal could use their alliance to gain advantage over competitors for content provision. This issue also foreshadows those that would arise with Internet content provision should Net Neutrality be abandoned.