/ AFP / KENA BETANCUR (Photo credit should read KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images)AT&T and Time Warner's announced merger warrants serious concern about concentrated media power. The combination of AT&T's vast telecommunications networks with Time Warner's massive content production company would spawn one of the world's largest media conglomerates. In the coming weeks and months, we will hear from AT&T representatives that this merger will provide many public benefits. Challenging this merger may provide a crucial test case for whether the era of digital media monopolies has begun to recede. America's communication networks are already plagued by unnecessary costs and poor services, and this merger would likely make things worse.

Source: Huffington Post November 03, 2016 21:48 UTC