Brendan Sasso, The Hill
AT&T abandoned its $39 billion bid to buy T-Mobile on Monday, acknowledging that it couldn’t overcome opposition from the Obama administration.
Both the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had moved to block the deal, arguing the merger of the second and fourth largest wireless carriers would [...]

Jon Healy, LA Times
Finally getting the hint from the feds, AT&T announcedMonday that it was dropping its $39 billion bid to buy T-Mobile. That leaves AT&T stuck with the status quo, which in some major cities means a frustrating amount of congestion and dropped calls. Meanwhile, rival Verizon Wireless has been [...]

By Brian Stelter, The New York Times

Progressive activists and public interest groups have long blasted Rupert Murdoch and his News Corporation for political biases. But in recent weeks they have seized on a new and more tangible reason to call for the revocation of his TV licenses and the breakup of his [...]

The following is the Reply  in the applications for assignment of control of T-Mobile USA to AT&T Mobility.  Read the full Reply

The following is the Petition to Deny the applications for assignment of control of T-Mobile USA to AT&T Mobility.  Media Access Project filed the petition on May 31, 2011 with the Federal Communications Commission on behalf of the Center for Media Justice, Consumers Union, New America [...]

By Todd Shield & Greg Bensinger, Bloomberg
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) asked regulators to deny AT&T Inc. (T)’s proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA Inc., saying the $39 billion deal would decrease competition and raise consumer prices.
“AT&T’s takeover of T-Mobile must be blocked,” Sprint, the third-largest wireless carrier, said in comments filed today at the Federal Communications [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 31, 2011
Contacts:
Andrew Jay Schwartzman            Chrystiane Pereira
202-454-5681                                   202 454-5683
andys@mediaaccess.org              cpereira@mediaaccess.org
The following is the text of the summary of the Petition to Deny the applications for assignment of control of T-Mobile USA to AT&T Mobility.  Media Access Project will file the petition on May [...]

By Michael Hiltzik, LA Times
No political adage gets a more vigorous workout than the one about how the real scandal in Washington isn’t what’s illegal, but what’s legal.
Case in point: Meredith Attwell Baker’s announcement that she will be stepping down as a Federal Communications Commission member in June to join Comcast-NBCUniversal.
Baker’s [...]

March 11, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Kamilla Kovacs, Media Access Project
571.426.0466
press@mediaaccess.org
Karlos Gauna Schmieder, Center for Media Justice
510.698.3800 x402
karlos@centerformediajustice.org
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Media Access Project (MAP) filed reply comments, on behalf of member organizations of the Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net), regarding the FCC’s proposal to reform the Universal Service Fund’s Lifeline and Link Up [...]

By Elizabeth Woyke, Forbes
On Wednesday morning, executives from AT&T and T-Mobile USA will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee to justify the proposed merger of their companies. Though the spotlight will be on AT&T and T-Mobile, the Senate hearing will be an equally important platform for the deal’s opponents. That group [...]