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The T-Mobile and Sprint merger is complete

April 02, 2020 2 min read cell phone merger Sprint T-Mobile Tech telephone

On Wednesday, T-Mobile finalized its merger with Sprint, reducing the number of major mobile companies in the US from four to three (AT&T, Verizon, and the newly merged T-Mobile/Sprint). The

CBS and Viacom to merge into a single company, "ViacomCBS"

August 13, 2019 3 min read CBS CBS All Access Media merger streaming video Viacom

On Tuesday, CBS and Viacom announced that the two media companies plan to merge, creating a single company valued at $30 billion. The newly merged company’s new name will be the

Time Warner is now known as WarnerMedia; also: what does AT&T now own?

June 17, 2018 3 min read AT and T infographic Media merger Statista Time Warner Warner Bros.WarnerMedia

AT&T certainly moved quickly after a judge threw out the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit over its Time Warner buyout. On Friday, AT&T announced that Time Warner’

Judge approves AT&T's merger with Time Warner; Comcast might try to outbid Disney for Fox's assets

June 13, 2018 2 min read 20th Century Fox Comcast Disney Fox Media merger Time Warner

On Tuesday, a federal judge handed down an approval for AT&T’s merger with Time Warner. The Justice Department opposed this merger, arguing the resulting company would be too large

T-Mobile to buy Sprint in $26.5 billion deal

April 30, 2018 2 min read Media merger Sprint T-Mobile

On Sunday, news came that Spring and T-Mobile will be merging, forming a combined company valued at $146 billion out of the nation’s third- and fourth-biggest cell phone carriers. T-Mobile plans

Disney to buy most of 21st Century Fox for $52 billion

December 17, 2017 3 min read 20th Century Fox Disney Fox Media media ownership merger Rupert Murdoch

After much speculation, it’s finally come to pass. Last week, Disney and 21st Century Fox announced that the former will buy most of the latter’s assets in a deal worth $52.

Disney in (stalled) talks to buy most of Fox's assets

November 12, 2017 3 min read Disney Fox Media media ownership merger

News came last week that Disney’s been in talks with 21st Century Fox to buy most of their assets, most prominently the famed 20th Century Fox film studio. The sale wouldn&

AT&T to buy Time Warner for $85 billion

October 24, 2016 3 min read AT and T Media merger Time Warner

It had been talked about over the past week, but was officially announced on Saturday. Longtime telephone and internet giant AT&T will be buying media conglomerate Time Warner for $85 billion.

Verizon to buy Yahoo for $4.8 billion

July 25, 2016 2 min read Flickr merger Tech Tumblr Verizon Yahoo

For a long time, Yahoo’s fortunes have dwindled, with lots of wondering what will become of the 90s Internet giant. Now, it’s official: the company is being sold to

Merger between Charter and Time Warner Cable approved

May 06, 2016 1 min read Bright House Networks cable TV Charter Media merger Time Warner Cable

Comcast isn’t the only giant-sized cable company to buy up other companies. This week, the FCC finally granted its approval of a $79 billion merger between Charter Communications and Time Warner