Shalini Ramachandran

Reporter for The Wall Street Journal

Media reporter for The Wall Street Journal.

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AT&T and Time Warner: The $85.4 billion deal

One of the nation’s biggest phone companies is getting hitched to one of the biggest media companies. AT&T has agreed to buy Time Warner for more than $85 billion.

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