FTC BUILDS A MODEL.(AOL-Time-Warner merger safeguards insisted on by Federal Trade Commission)
Multichannel News, December, 2000 by FARRELL, MIKE
AOL Access Terms Could Resonate WASHINGTON - Alarmed by a potential lock on emerging broadband-data and interactive-TV businesses, the Federal Trade Commission last week forced America Online Inc. and Time Warner Inc. to agree to a host of detailed merger safeguards that could affect other cable operators.
After months of tedious negotiations, the FTC approved the merger that unites AOL, the world's leading Internet-service provider, and Time Warner, the nation's No. 2 cable operator and media conglomerate, in a deal worth $111 billion. When the then-$ 183-billion deal was announced in January, it was the largest in U.S. corporate history. Together, AOL and Time Warner hope to provide consumers with high-speed Internet access backed by...
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