AT&T, Time Warner and the Death of Privacy

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Oct 27, 2016 Where you go, what you watch, with whom you speak, all your internet searches, gathered and "vertically integrated," sold to police and perhaps to corporate customers -- this is our future, unless we stop this merger. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

AT&T’s Secret Surveillance Program Spies on American Customers Without Warrants and for Profit

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Oct 26, 2016 Here's yet another reason to be concerned about the implications of AT&T's proposed acquisition of Time Warner: The Daily Beast has detailed a sophisticated surveillance program created by AT&T that has been covertly providing U.S. law enforcement with consumers' data. And guess who profits from "Project Hemisphere"? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Absolute Crap’ but Brilliant: Corporate America’s Plan to ‘Misbehave Without Reproach’

By Jon Queally / Common Dreams Nov 2, 2015 "Only in the senile, decrepit, and unbelievably corrupt modern version of the United States would this sickening decadence even be considered possible, let alone doable." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Comcast

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Comcast Merger With Time Warner Is Scrapped

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Apr 25, 2015 The takeover's collapse comes shortly after outgoing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder gave regulators his approval to challenge the merger, which they had feared would harm competition and consumers alike. The takeover's collapse comes shortly after Attorney General Eric Holder gave regulators his approval to challenge the merger, which they had feared would harm competition and consumers alike. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Comcast Buy

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Get Ready for the ‘Internet Slowdown’

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Sep 4, 2014 Next Wednesday, Sept. 10, if your favorite website seems to load slowly, take a closer look: You might be experiencing the Battle for the Net's "Internet Slowdown," a global day of grass-roots action. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rupert Murdoch Wants to Buy the Company That Owns HBO and CNN

Staff / Truthdig Jul 17, 2014 It's merger mania, with AT&T going after DirecTV and Comcast looking to gobble up Time Warner Cable -- not to be confused with Time Warner Inc., another cable company that is now the object of Rupert Murdoch's appetite. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Most People Want to Ditch Cable TV, but Feel They Can’t

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jun 7, 2014 A survey of cable subscribers shows that a slim majority would like to cut the cord, and things are certainly trending that way, but most feel that just isn't an option. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

John Oliver: ‘Protecting Net Neutrality’ Should Be Called ‘Preventing Cable Company Fuckery’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jun 3, 2014 "The cable companies have figured out the great truth of America," explained the "Last Week Tonight" host Sunday. "If you want to do something evil, put it inside something boring." Oliver then went on to give a hysterically funny call to arms to all Internet trolls to comment on the FCC's website in order to save Net neutrality. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Big Money Behind a Big Merger

David Sirota / Truthdig Jun 3, 2014 There are plenty of reasons to worry about the proposal to combine Comcast, America's largest cable and broadband company, with Time Warner Cable, the second-largest cable firm and third-largest broadband provider. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mindy Kaling Takes Jabs at Harvard Law Students About Their Future: ‘You’ll Defend BP From Birds’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig May 31, 2014 Mindy Kaling, a comedian who describes herself as someone who is "obsessed" with justice, gave a commencement speech at Harvard Law School on Wednesday that most were probably not expecting. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )