How the Trump Administration's Suit to Block a Media Merger Could Hurt the Tech Industry
Government Executive | November 21, 2017
The Justice Department announced on Monday that it will sue to block AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner, pitting the Trump administration against a media business that has turned to mergers to compete with the rise of tech giants like Facebook and Netflix. The $108 billion deal, which would be one of the largest mergers in American history, had been in the works for more than a year.