Trump’s new telecom advisers are a good sign for the AT&T and Time Warner deal, despite his threats against the merger - Recode

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"While the president-elect railed against companies like NBCUniversal and Amazon for being too big and threatened antitrust action during his campaign, the advisers Trump named today to help oversee his FCC and Justice Department transitions have a history of being very pro-industry and anti-regulation, particularly when it comes to mergers.

That’s good news for AT&T’s $85 billion bid for Time Warner, despite what Trump said on the campaign trail. The merger is currently under review by antitrust regulators at the Justice Department, where a decision will probably not be reached until Trump is in office."

Trump’s new telecom advisers are a good sign for the AT&T and Time Warner deal, despite his threats against the merger - Recode