Georgie56 3307 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 It could happen. http://www.businessinsider.com/reports-att-in-advanced-talks-to-acquire-time-warner-2016-10 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 1283 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Yeah it could. If the deal is sealed, it'll be a much better and worthwhile acquisition of Time Warner by an initialed company that starts with A. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseRM303 171 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Looks like AT&T is in advance merger talks to purchase Time Warner: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/22/business/dealbook/att-is-said-to-be-in-advanced-merger-talks-with-time-warner.html?_r=0&referer=https://www.google.com/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5585 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Cough. https://forums.tvnewstalk.net/index.php?threads/at-t-buying-time-warner.15736/#post-167317 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseRM303 171 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Cough. https://forums.tvnewstalk.net/index.php?threads/at-t-buying-time-warner.15736/#post-167317 And your point is? Posted here since someone posted about Charter and Time Warner here figured it would be seen more here then a forum way below. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Oh what crazy crab stuff is this? Cough. https://forums.tvnewstalk.net/index.php?threads/at-t-buying-time-warner.15736/#post-167317 Not this again. We already had to break up the Bell System in 1984, now we are gonna have to break up AT&T? Get ready folks for the return of only 3 TV channels... Apple TV Google TV Amazon TV Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A3N 1002 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 In before the "If Comcast can do it, why can't AT&T do it too?!?!" crowd chimes in. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoadStar 364 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 And your point is? Posted here since someone posted about Charter and Time Warner here figured it would be seen more here then a forum way below. Neither AT&T nor Time Warner have anything to do with local news. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCAUTVNBC10 413 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Oh what crazy crab stuff is this? Not this again. We already had to break up the Bell System in 1984, now we are gonna have to break up AT&T? Ironically you're talking about the same company lol Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frog 429 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 According to Reuters, it's a done deal. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-time-warner-m-a-at-t-idUSKCN12L1Y0?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=580a910e04d301784c48ddf6&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
channel2 979 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 There is no reason for this not to be shot down, not with the Comcast-NBCU deal rubber-stamped. I really wish the government would find a reason to force Comcast to spin off NBCU, instead of approving this tie-up. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1717 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 There is no reason for this not to be shot down, not with the Comcast-NBCU deal rubber-stamped. I really wish the government would find a reason to force Comcast to spin off NBCU, instead of approving this tie-up. This is very reminiscent of movie studios owning movie houses in the 20s-50s. The SEC did not allow that to continue very long and I would hope that they'd have enough sense to see a similar outcome here. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161487 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToriElectra 292 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 It actually isn't that bad- as Jeff Harris said on his Twitter, it's not really monopolistic because all the areas TW operates in others do too. The only thing they need to avoid are making the Turner/HBO/Cinemax nets not DirecTV/UVerse exclusive. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161488 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3307 Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 I can't wait to see the byline "An AT&T Company" under the WB and New Line Cinema opening logos. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161491 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1717 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 I wonder if Root Sports will be folded under TimeWarner, Turner or if AT&T will keep it as a division of itself. The TimeWarner SportsNet branding is available once again. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 I can't wait to see the byline "An AT&T Company" under the WB and New Line Cinema opening logos. See WB response below.... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 727 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Wait. Didn't Time Warner get rid of a cable company called Time Warner? Now it is merging with another cable company? Stupid people getting millions of dollars for making these dumb decisions and people wonder why Trump is the Republican nominee? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 727 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Ironically you're talking about the same company lol It's kind of like Macy's. Federated Department Stores, which was really the outgrowth of the Lazarus department stores in Ohio, bought Macy's out of Bankruptcy Court. But since Lazarus didn't have the appropriate amount of "zip" throughout the rest of the country (or any of their other local names for that matter), the stores all became Macy's. One of the baby bells, SBC (Southwestern Bell) gobbled up several other baby bills and eventually gobbled up AT&T. At first they were going to keep the SBC name, but they decided that AT&T had more zip to it so they took their old parent company's name. They made the right decision. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 It's kind of like Macy's. Federated Department Stores, which was really the outgrowth of the Lazarus department stores in Ohio, bought Macy's out of Bankruptcy Court. But since Lazarus didn't have the appropriate amount of "zip" throughout the rest of the country (or any of their other local names for that matter), the stores all became Macy's. One of the baby bells, SBC (Southwestern Bell) gobbled up several other baby bills and eventually gobbled up AT&T. At first they were going to keep the SBC name, but they decided that AT&T had more zip to it so they took their old parent company's name. They made the right decision. Ohhh those little baby bell cheese thingys from Costco are soooo good. Just sayin. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetroCity 248 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Wait. Didn't Time Warner get rid of a cable company called Time Warner? Now it is merging with another cable company? Stupid people getting millions of dollars for making these dumb decisions and people wonder why Trump is the Republican nominee? Time Warner had split itself into two companies several years ago, because it had become too big to be attractive in any kind of merger. Charter eventually bought Time Warner Cable. Now AT&T is buying Time Warner, Inc., which is its media company (CNN, Warner Brothers, etc.). Two different Time Warner companies. Two different deals. Please don't call others stupid when you don't understand what you're talking about. And I don't get what either has to do with the orange faced guy. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevCor 344 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 It's the way of the world now: owning the content & controlling the distribution pipeline means big bucks for these companies. Normally, in the days when the government actually worked for, you know, the people, they'd have shut these mergers down as monopolistic. And this company would be massive: it would own Warner Brothers studios, along with HBO/Cinemax, plus all the Turner networks. Combined with uVerse and DirecTV, they would actually surpass Comcast as the dominant media conglomerate. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 727 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Time Warner had split itself into two companies several years ago, because it had become too big to be attractive in any kind of merger. Charter eventually bought Time Warner Cable. Now AT&T is buying Time Warner, Inc., which is its media company (CNN, Warner Brothers, etc.). Two different Time Warner companies. Two different deals. Please don't call others stupid when you don't understand what you're talking about. And I don't get what either has to do with the orange faced guy. I know exactly what happened. Time Warner was a content producer that also had owned distribution. In other words TW was a content company and a cable/internet company. TW got rid of the cable company because Wall Street told them to. Now AT&T is buying TW to create another ..... Content + cable/internet company. Yes, this is stupid. That happened to Wendy's, where an activist investor made them spin off Tim Hortons. Five years later, that same activist investor thought it was a good idea to merge Tim Hortons with Burger King. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 727 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 It's the way of the world now: owning the content & controlling the distribution pipeline means big bucks for these companies. Normally, in the days when the government actually worked for, you know, the people, they'd have shut these mergers down as monopolistic. And this company would be massive: it would own Warner Brothers studios, along with HBO/Cinemax, plus all the Turner networks. Combined with uVerse and DirecTV, they would actually surpass Comcast as the dominant media conglomerate. Wall Street is just creating banking fees for itself. That's the only way you can explain why they told Time Warner that their combination wasn't good enough and forced them to spin off their cable company, and now somebody is pulling the strings behind AT&T and Time Warner merger. I still question whether a utility company has what it takes to run a content operation, but I guess we shall see. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking News 829 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 BIG SIGH:( Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevCor 344 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Wall Street is just creating banking fees for itself. That's the only way you can explain why they told Time Warner that their combination wasn't good enough and forced them to spin off their cable company, and now somebody is pulling the strings behind AT&T and Time Warner merger. TW Cable split from TW during the divorce of AOL and TW in 2009 as part of their larger reorganization to go to a pure-play content company. And If you ask me, AOL Time Warner wasn't as big of a mistake as everyone claims it was -- it actually is what is spurring these new media - tech relations. AOLTW was just ahead of it's time by about a decade. I still question whether a utility company has what it takes to run a content operation, but I guess we shall see. Also, I don't think content management will be an issue -- they'll probably be mostly hands-off like Comcast is with NBCU. They'll have way too much content to actually hands-on manage. This is nothing but free cash for AT&T to throw at their shareholders. The REAL question is who's next to be consummated? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15410-att-buying-time-warner/#findComment-161515 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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