AT&T to acquire Time Warner for $85.4 billion

US telecom giant AT&T is to acquire HBO and CNN parent company Time Warner in a deal worth $85.4billion (£69billion), marking one of the biggest media mergers to date.

Takeover among biggest media mergers in US history

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