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How Gay Media Helped Sink the AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 02.19.2012

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Michelangelo Signorile

There are many stories to be told about the collapse of the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger. While there were many involved in that effort, LGBT bloggers and gay media in particular were critical.

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AT&T, T-Mobile Deal Collapses Amid Fierce Backlash

RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 02.18.2012

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — AT&T Inc. is hanging up on its $39 billion bid to buy smaller wireless provider T-Mobile USA, nearly four months after the U....

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How AT&T's Takeover of T-Mobile Went Wrong (Or Didn't)

Art Brodsky | Posted 02.01.2012

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Art Brodsky

It's obvious to most observers that AT&T's attempt to take over T-Mobile is all but dead. The post-mortems are starting and the question being asked is: what went wrong for AT&T?

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HUGE DEvelopment In AT&T's $39 Billion Deal

Posted 11.29.2011

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission granted AT&T Inc's request to withdraw its application for approval of its purchase of ...

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AT&T Merger Could Mean Higher Prices For Consumers

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 11.25.2011

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-- Deutsche Telekom and AT&T vowed Thursday to press ahead with the planned sale of the German company's T-Mobile USA unit to the U.S. cell phone ope...

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Defending the Merger Between AT&T and T-Mobile

María Elena Durazo | Posted 01.08.2012

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María Elena Durazo

The merger between AT&T and T-Mobile makes sense. It will create a much-needed boost to our economy. It's a good deal for California and a good deal for Los Angeles.

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Lies, Damn Lies and Commitments

Edward J. Black | Posted 12.26.2011

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Edward J. Black

It's fascinating to watch AT&T's evolving PR response to its proposed merger with T-Mobile. Their efforts appear more desperate by the day.

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DOJ's AT&T Suit Shows Law Trumps Politics

Edward J. Black | Posted 11.09.2011

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Edward J. Black

Darwinian competition, not government micromanagement, forces firms to innovate and keeps prices low -- and that is exactly what antitrust intervention is designed to promote.

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As AT&T Spins, Facts and Law Should Trump Politics

Gigi Sohn | Posted 11.08.2011

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Gigi Sohn

The Justice Department planted a very large nail in the coffin of the AT&T takeover of T-Mobile when it filed a lawsuit to block the merger. Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole couldn't have been more unequivocal.

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DoJ Says "No Ma Cell"; What Happens Next?

Harold Feld | Posted 11.01.2011

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Harold Feld

In what is undoubtedly the best Labor Day present the Department of Justice ever gave America, DOJ has filed to block the AT&T/T-Mobile merger in court. One should not, however, expect AT&T to give up easily.

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AT&T Gears Up For Rare Antitrust Fight With DOJ

AP | By MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 10.31.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Justice Department's rejection of AT&T's proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA will test new federal guidelines on challenging merger...

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FCC to AT&T: Is That Your Final Answer?

Joel Kelsey | Posted 10.26.2011

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Joel Kelsey

The army of lawyers and lobbyists AT&T and T-Mobile have assembled to ram this merger through are going to need more than a conference call or two to make this deal happen.

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Losing on the Facts, AT&T Turns to Smears

Dave Saldana | Posted 10.24.2011

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Dave Saldana

AT&T's deception about the need to take over T-Mobile is now in the public realm for good, exposed by its own accidental publication of an unredacted internal document on the Federal Communications Commission website.

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AT&T Sues Customers

Reuters | Posted 10.18.2011

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AT&T Inc is turning to the federal courts to thwart an effort led by law firm Bursor & Fisher to derail AT&T's $39 billion takeover bid for Deutsche T...

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AT&T's T-Mobile Takeover Threatens Tech Startups

Edward J. Black | Posted 09.23.2011

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Edward J. Black

The proposed AT&T merger is a threat to the business model and shareholder value of every mobile Internet startup and emerging player expecting open access to the wireless Internet. Industry leaders need to speak up.

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Washington Slowly Wakes Up from AT&T's Fantasy

Timothy Karr | Posted 09.20.2011

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Timothy Karr

Congress may be finally waking up to the obvious: that the massive merger of AT&T with T-Mobile just doesn't make sense. No amount of contributions from AT&T, or visits from AT&T lobbyists, will alter this simple truth.

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In AT&T's Bid For T-Mobile, Obama Administration Caught In The Middle

The Washington Post | Posted 09.12.2011

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AT&T's $39 billion bid for T-Mobile is a deal that consumer advocates hate but labor unions love. And that puts the Obama administration squarely betw...

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The Surprise Behind the Mobile App Numbers (And What the AT&T-T-Mobile Merger Means to It)

Morgan Reed | Posted 09.11.2011

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Morgan Reed

The next time you download a mobile app, think about the company that produced it. If you guessed it came from a large, California-based company, you're likely wrong. Most mobile apps are actually created by small companies from all across the country.

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Pro-Labor Progressives Should Support The AT&T - T-Mobile Merger

Nathan Newman | Posted 08.23.2011

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Nathan Newman

In an era when workers rights are on the chopping block even in the public sector, this is a chance to strengthen labor rights in the private sector, where a multi-decade war on the labor movement has decimated most unions.

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Why MMTC Is Endorsing the AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

David Honig | Posted 08.05.2011

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David Honig

Some transactions may be compelling to shareholders or have an attractive economic rationale, but transactions that shrink a sector usually come at the expense of communities of color. Too often, what may appear to be "good" for a company is, in fact, bad for minorities.

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Air of Inevitability Escaping From AT&T's Takeover of T-Mobile

Art Brodsky | Posted 07.16.2011

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Art Brodsky

AT&T's deal is not a foregone conclusion, and, in fact, the company still has a lot of explaining to do in order to justify wiping out the fourth-largest national wireless carrier.

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Labor Boosted by Proposed Merger

Will Marshall | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will Marshall

America's embattled labor movement hasn't had much to celebrate lately, so it's worth noting when a major union welcomes a business mega-merger.

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