Why merger mania is nothing to celebrate

These giant deals are more often about executive vanity than shareholder wealth, and their track record is fairly dismal

• Oct 25, 2016

Time Warner's Jeff Bewkes could have a hefty payday

The media company CEO's stock options could be worth as much as $375 million, depending on how the share price fares

• Oct 25, 2016

Another buyout of Time Warner -- should investors run?

Its $85 billion purchase by telecom provider AT&T comes just a generation after disastrous takeover by Internet pipeline AOL

• Oct 24, 2016

AT&T's takeover of Time Warner already drawing flak

Critics from Donald Trump to Al Franken raise concerns of too much power in the latest media megamerger

• Oct 23, 2016

AT&T to acquire Time Warner in $85B deal

The deal includes CNN, TNT, HBO, the Warner Bros. studio among other major media properties

• Oct 22, 2016

AT&T reportedly in talks for massive deal with Time Warner

Companies that provide phone, internet connections are investing in media to find new revenue sources

• Oct 22, 2016

Time Warner shares soar on talk of merger with AT&T

A mega-deal between the second-largest wireless company and the parent company of HBO is reportedly in the works

• Oct 21, 2016

Time Warner pops on talk of AT&T buyout

Media conglomerate reportedly holds informal discussions with telecom giant about possible merger

• Oct 20, 2016

Time Warner taking 10 percent stake in Hulu

Media giant's investment further blurs line between cable TV and burgeoning streaming video services

• Aug 3, 2016

Businesses have a message for Georgia's governor

A corporate chorus is pressing Republican Nathan Deal to veto a bill backed by opponents of same-sex marriage

• Mar 25, 2016

NY prosecutor to Internet providers: Prove speed claims

Attorney general's office "concerned" Time Warner, Cablevision and Verizon customers aren't getting advertised Internet speeds

• Oct 26, 2015

A week the media industry would rather forget

Investors hammered Disney and other big-name stocks as worries about the wide-ranging impacts of cord-cutting intensify

• Aug 7, 2015

​Why Charter's $55 billion TWC bid may pass muster

The cable company believes it can get Time Warner Cable to the altar, just weeks after Comcast failed

• May 26, 2015

Mega-deal: Charter to gobble up Time Warner Cable

$55B purchase would instantly create one of the largest pay-TV and broadband companies in U.S.

• May 26, 2015

Charter's losses widen amid Comcast-TWC deal collapse

Company was in line to pick up millions of new subscribers that were to be shed by the new Comcast-Time Warner

• May 1, 2015

​How Comcast supports its merger supporters

As it seeks approval to buy Time Warner Cable, many merger advocates also happen to be the company's financial beneficiaries

• Apr 7, 2015