WASHINGTON -- AT&T and Time Warner have completed their merger, one of the biggest media deals ever, just two days after a federal judge approved the combination over objections by the Trump Justice Department that it would hurt consumers and competition. Judge Richard Leon of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled the government, which claimed AT&T's acquisition would hurt competition in the pay-TV market, had "failed to meet its burden to establish that the proposed transaction is likely to lessen ...
AT&T completes its acquisition of Time Warner. The announcement comes two days after a judge ruled that the deal does not violate antitrust laws.