{"id":132657,"date":"2017-01-26T09:29:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T16:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/26\/because-of-course-we-need-more-big-telecomm-big-media-mergers.html"},"modified":"2017-01-26T09:29:20","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T16:29:20","slug":"because-of-course-we-need-more-big-telecomm-big-media-mergers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/26\/because-of-course-we-need-more-big-telecomm-big-media-mergers.html","title":{"rendered":"Because of course we need more Big Telecomm \/ Big Media mergers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a colleague commented the other day, &quot;It&#39;s like watching the AT&amp;T breakup, in reverse.&quot; Only it&#39;s phone <i>and<\/i> data <i>and<\/i> TV <i>and<\/i> content creation. Ma Bell should have ever been so ambitious as today&#39;s movers and shakers.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Consumerist<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Earlier this month, it was reported that Verizon has a thing for big cable companies that begin with the letter &ldquo;C,&rdquo; and that it really wants to make out under the bleachers with either Comcast or Charter. Now comes news that Big V has actually begun the&hellip;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2017\/01\/26\/verizon-and-charter-romance-heats-up-could-merger-marriage-be-on-horizon'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/iMMmtFD6IvbQKQ5IsR0YpXyPU1eWmeawIg9_0yRRmhOwseem61S1MkIzb6wFSdTLIT18MDd8EURPGwvr2-XJPfV2orn_rNgj5ZisHqFMbrH_0eBy75528Cs=w120-h120' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2017\/01\/26\/verizon-and-charter-romance-heats-up-could-merger-marriage-be-on-horizon'>Verizon And Charter Romance Heats Up; Could Merger Marriage Be On Horizon?<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nEarlier this month, it was reported that Verizon has a thing for big cable companies that begin with the letter &ldquo;C,&rdquo; and that it really wants to make out under the bleachers with either&hellip;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/KBxZbCYbmJU'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a colleague commented the other day, &quot;It&#39;s like watching the AT&amp;T breakup, in reverse.&quot; Only it&#39;s phone and data and TV and content creation. Ma Bell should have ever been so ambitious as today&#39;s movers and shakers. 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