On AlterNet: merger

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New Evidence Calls Into Question Claim that AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Will Create Jobs

Akito Yoshikane, In These Times. September 9, 2011.

Despite claims by T-Mobile and AT&T, job losses in the proposed merger could exceed job gains.

Shills R Us: Organizations That Get AT&T Cash Endorse its Mega-Merger with T-Mobile

David Rosen, Bruce Kushnick, AlterNet. June 21, 2011.

A growing number of nonprofits are recipients of AT&T grants; are they violating their IRS nonprofit status by shilling for the company's interests?

Do You Want Two Companies Controlling 80% of the Nation's Cellphone's Market?

Jenn Ettinger, Other Words. May 31, 2011.

The AT&T/T-Mobile deal would eliminate a competitor and leave two wireless giants with unprecedented power.

Media Warn AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Could Hurt Ethnic Communities

Jehangir Khattak, New America Media. April 12, 2011.

Low-income populations could be confronted by reduced service access and higher costs.

Comcastrophe: Obama's FCC Approves Enormous Corporate Media Merger for Comcast/NBC

Josh Silver, Free Press. January 18, 2011.

The new Comcast will control an obscene number of media outlets, from TV and radio to movie studios and a network of millions who subscribe to cable and internet.

A Big Pharma Merger Made in Hell

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. March 13, 2009.

This week's merger of Merck and Schering-Plough seems another example of throwing bad money after bad.