NATION/WORLD
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Judge approves
AT&T-Time
Warner merger
WASHINGTON (AP) —
A federal judge approved the
$85 billion mega-merger of
AT&T and Time Warner on
Tuesday, potentially ushering
in a wave of media consolida-
tion while shaping how much
consumers pay for streaming
TV and movies.
U.S. District Judge Rich-
ard Leon green-lit the merger
without imposing major con-
ditions as some experts had
expected. The Trump Jus-
tice Department had sued to
block the $85 billion merger,
arguing that it would hurt
competition in cable and sat-
ellite TV and jack up costs to
consumers for streaming TV
and movies.
Now, the phone and
pay-TV giant AT&T will be
allowed to absorb the owner
of CNN, HBO, the Warner
Bros. movie studio, “Game
of Thrones,” coveted sports
programming and other
“must-see” shows. The
Justice Department could
appeal the ruling, although it
said only that it is consider-
ing its options.
The ruling could open the
floodgates to deal making
in the fast-changing worlds
of entertainment produc-
tion and distribution. Major
cable, satellite and phone
companies are bulking up
with purchases of entertain-
ment conglomerates to com-
pete against rivals born on
the internet such as Amazon
and Google.
Waiting in the wings are
potential big-billions deals
involving 21st Century Fox
and Disney, Verizon and
CBS, T-Mobile and Sprint.
Charitable giving
in U.S. tops $400B
NEW YORK (AP) —
Fueled by a surging stock
market and huge gifts from
billionaires, charitable giv-
ing in the United States in
2017 topped the $400 bil-
lion mark for the first time,
according to the latest com-
prehensive report on Ameri-
cans’ giving patterns.
The Giving USA report,
released Tuesday, said giv-
ing from individuals, estates,
foundations and corpora-
tions reached an estimated
East Oregonian
$410 billion in 2017 — more
than the gross domestic
product of countries such as
Israel and Ireland. The total
was up 5.2 percent in current
dollars from the estimate of
$389 billion for 2016.
Giving increased to eight
of the nine charitable sectors
identified by Giving USA.
The only decline was for areas
related to international affairs.
The biggest increase was
in giving to foundations —
up 15.5 percent. That surge
was driven by large gifts
from major philanthropists
to their own foundations —
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including $1 billion from
Dell Technologies CEO
Michael Dell and his wife,
Susan, and $2 billion from
Facebook CEO Mark Zuck-
erberg and his wife, Priscilla
Chan.
Other
sectors
with
increases of more than 6
percent included educa-
tion, health, arts and culture,
environment and animal
welfare, and public-soci-
ety benefit organizations —
groups which work on such
issues as voter education,
civil rights, civil liberties
and consumer rights.
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Boardman Chamber of Commerce
Announces 2018 Frostbite Golf Tournament Scholarship Recipients
Boardman Chamber of Commerce is a proud supporter of Riverside
Jr/Sr High School and their students.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Left to Right (Back Row): Gustavo Amaya, Kevin Madrigal, Misael Madrigal, Fabian Meza, Paul Diaz
Left to Right (Seated): Abigail Hernandez, Ruby Barrera
Proceeds from the 2018 Frostbite Scholarship Golf Tournament gave the
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