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Media Coverage

FTC Approves AOL/Time Warner Deal

America Online won the blessing of U.S. antitrust authorities on Thursday to buy Time Warner in a $112.5 billion deal that will marry a new-economy Internet giant with a venerable old firm to create the world's biggest media company, Reuters, December 14, 2000

F.T.C. Review of AOL Deal in Final Stage

After months of negotiations, the antitrust review of the America Online and Time Warner merger now enters an endgame that, no matter its outcome, seems certain to set the government's competition policies for the largest Internet and telecommunications players for years to come, New York Times, November 6, 2000

Market Place: Happy Days After the AOL-Time Warner Merger

However, AOL stock has fallen almost a third since the deal was proposed, New York Times, November 2, 2000

EU Clears AOL Time Warner Deal, U.S. Issues Remain

Internet giant America Online Inc. won European approval on Wednesday for its $129 billion takeover of Time Warner Inc., after agreeing to sever all links with Germany's Bertelsmann AG, Reuters, October 11, 2000

Time Warner Sets High Terms for Access

Time Warner Inc. is requiring some Internet service providers to pay up to 75 percent of their revenue and relinquish some control of content to gain access to its high-speed network, Reuters, October 6, 2000

Rivals Say Choice Limited in AOL/Time Warner World

Consumers will face limited choices in the Internet world unless federal regulators impose conditions on America Online Inc.'s proposed purchase of Time Warner Inc., rivals of the merger partners told lawmakers on Friday, Reuters, October 6, 2000

The Shot Heard 'Round the World: Portland's David Olson Takes on AT&T in the Global War for the Internet

Williamette Week, August 11, 1999

"Open Access" on Internet High Seas: Where the FCC is Loathe to Sail

Journal of Municipal Telecommunications, Vol. 1 No. 1, April 1999

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Organizations and Related Publications

Media Alliance

Organization promoting open content, open access, and opposition to monopoly control of broadband Internet facilities.

Center for Media Education

Organization concerned with open access issues.

Net Action

The opposing point of view from the only public interest group against open access.

Ensure Broadband Internet Access

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Action Alert to contact the Federal Trade Commission, AT&T, and AOL to ensure open access to broadband Internet service, September 7, 2000

Andrea Buffa, Media Alliance, and Tom Ammiano, San Francisco Board of Supervisors President

The Future of Openness on the Internet

By Laura Stein and Dorothy Kidd, Media Alliance

The Broadband Revolution: Communications at a Crossroads

Center for Media Education

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