AT&T is buying TimeWarner for what will be about $109B with debt — and will mean that AT&T will have more debt – $175B approximately – than any other institution — at a time when their growth is slowing.
The Verge had an article that pointed to a WSJ infographic of the telecom consolidation. There are actually 2 charts: here and this 2011 one.
When this is done both Bells will have a combined debt of almost $300 Billion dollars and revenue that will be less than that. The markets they are in are hyper-competitive – cellular, broadband, TV. T-Mobile is clobbering them. TV is cutting the cord. Cable is winning the broadband war. While AT&T was being a jerk to Google Fiber, cable stole its lunch money every single day.
Think about this: 6 Corporations Control 90% Of The Media In America (from 2011 and a few things have changed.) Comcast owns NBCU, which they bought from GE. And the WB will be AT&T. VZ owns AOL and soon Yahoo. Another scary look at it [infographic]
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