https://www.axios.com/report-at-t-must-s...43678.html

AT&T is being reported as having to sell CNN if it wants to win DOJ approval

Sinclair buying it would be hilarious

Ted Turner is said that he wants CNN, HLN, TNT and TBS back from time Warner. He is deeply disappointed how Time Warner took his channels to a new low. He wants CNN to go back the way of the 1980s with 24 hours of news and getting rid of the stupid reality shows they put on Saturdays and Sundays, bring back wrestling that was popular on Saturday and Sundays, and other things.HLN go back to headline news and Tru TV back to Court Tv.

Will anti-Trump CNN Boss Jeff Zucker kill $84.5 billion deal?



I don't look for Zucker to survive this however it turns out.

Quote:CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker’s programming strategy to attack President Donald Trump could end up killing an $84.5 billion deal between AT&T and Time Warner.

Multiple outlets, including CNBC and the Financial Times, have reported that the Department of Justice told AT&T that Time Warner must sell CNN in order to approve the $84.5 billion acquisition. However, DOJ sources tell Fox News the parties offered to divest CNN and the DOJ Antitrust Division flatly rejected it. Further, DOJ sources say there has been no final decision and talks are ongoing.

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson put out a statement saying he "never offered to sell CNN,” but Fox News sources dispute that claim and say he was in the room on Monday when the conversation took place. The same DOJ sources tell Fox News in theory, that Turner Broadcasting, in its entirety, could be divested as part of the merger.

If Time Warner must sell the cable news channel before the U.S. antitrust authority signs off on the deal, it won’t be the first time Zucker has complicated a massive media deal. Zucker was a lightning rod when Comcast acquired NBC, of which he was then president and CEO, back in 2010. He got fired -- now he's a lightning rod again as AT&T looks to take over CNN’s parent, Time Warner, because of a personal feud with President Trump.

Liberal CNN is considered the crown jewel of the Time Warner portfolio, despite an ongoing beef with President Trump, who mocks the network as “fake news” on a regular basis. CNN has long been extremely profitable. Trump has opposed the potential deal between AT&T and Time Warner, implying that it would result in a monopoly while others have speculated the president could block a deal just to punish CNN.

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Hunh. And all along I thought that the Democratic Party owned CNN.

NBC has MSNBC
Fox has Fox News
ABC has Fusion, but it has a younger target

CBS . . . your turn?

(11-08-2017 08:26 PM)chargeradio Wrote:  NBC has MSNBC
Fox has Fox News
ABC has Fusion, but it has a younger target

CBS . . . your turn?

CBS is the best candidate. But I doubt their Board would go for it.

(11-08-2017 02:30 PM)solohawks Wrote:  https://www.axios.com/report-at-t-must-s...43678.html

AT&T is being reported as having to sell CNN if it wants to win DOJ approval

Sinclair buying it would be hilarious

Yup, and plenty of very recently “waived talent” out there to fill the roster very quickly with skilled veteran people.

My goodness the tears of the moaners, whiners and criers would be as delicious as an ice cold red eye on a cool summer morning...

DOoooooo it!!!! Lol

(11-09-2017 04:05 AM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(11-08-2017 02:30 PM)solohawks Wrote:  https://www.axios.com/report-at-t-must-s...43678.html

AT&T is being reported as having to sell CNN if it wants to win DOJ approval

Sinclair buying it would be hilarious

Yup, and plenty of very recently “waived talent” out there to fill the roster very quickly with skilled veteran people.

My goodness the tears of the moaners, whiners and criers would be as delicious as an ice cold red eye on a cool summer morning...

DOoooooo it!!!! Lol

Yeah, lot of political talent let go by ESPN recently. Should be cheap to get.

(11-09-2017 05:52 AM)BuffaloTN Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 04:05 AM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(11-08-2017 02:30 PM)solohawks Wrote:  https://www.axios.com/report-at-t-must-s...43678.html

AT&T is being reported as having to sell CNN if it wants to win DOJ approval

Sinclair buying it would be hilarious

Yup, and plenty of very recently “waived talent” out there to fill the roster very quickly with skilled veteran people.

My goodness the tears of the moaners, whiners and criers would be as delicious as an ice cold red eye on a cool summer morning...

DOoooooo it!!!! Lol

Yeah, lot of political talent let go by ESPN recently. Should be cheap to get.

lol.

You just said talent and msespn in the same sentence.

You card, you.