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Former lawmaker, cable veteran launch 24-hour Black News Channel

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (UPI) -- The Black News Channel, a new broadcast network targeted toward African-American audiences, launched on Monday. Based in Tallahassee, Fla., the 24-hour network says it will produce news "by black people for black people," and expects to reach 33 million households -- mainly in large African-American markets like New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta. Its mission is to "provide intelligent programming that is informative, educational, entertaining, inspiring and empowering to its African-American audience." BNC Chairman and […]

todayFebruary 14, 2020

Business & Lifestyle

Charter Communications declines a merger with Sprint

Ed Adamczyk, United Press International Writer STAMFORD, Conn./OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (UPI) -- Charter Communications Inc. ended speculation it would acquire Sprint Corp., announcing it would not seek a merger between media companies. Japanese telecommunications and Internet company SoftBank Group, whose U.S. subsidiaries include Sprint, proposed the deal. It called for a merger of Sprint and Charter, controlled by SoftBank. The new company would then attempt to purchase T-Mobile U.S. Inc., Bloomberg News reported Monday, citing sources close to negotiations. The deal would merge Sprint's wireless […]

todayJuly 31, 2017 2

Business & Lifestyle

WSJ report: Charter says no thanks to Sprint mega-merger

STAMFORD, Conn./OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Charter Communications Inc. said it isn’t interested in buying Sprint Corp., rebuffing a gigantic merger offer and ending several weeks of deal talks between the media and communications companies. Sprint proposed a merger with Charter that would create a massive new entity controlled by SoftBank Group Corp., Sprint’s parent, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. On Sunday, Charter said it isn’t interested in the deal and indicated it would stick with an existing wireless […]

todayJuly 30, 2017 8

Business & Lifestyle

Sprint pursuing merger with cable giant Charter, according to reports

Eric DuVall, United Press International Writer OVERLAND PARK, Kan./STAMFORD, Conn. (UPI) -- The owner of wireless company Sprint has proposed a merger with cable giant Charter Communications, though Charter's leaders are reportedly only lukewarm to the idea. The potential merger would create a new publicly traded company controlled by SoftBank, which is also run by Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son, a Japanese billionaire. Charter is not on board with the cash and stock merger proposal yet, but talks continue, The Wall Street Journal […]

todayJuly 29, 2017 2

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