AT&T-Time Warner: US May Force Sharing of Customer Data

Reuters: Media companies plan to ask U.S. regulators to force AT&T and Time Warner to share their trove of customer data if the telecom and content companies merge, fearing the combined behemoth would have an unfair advantage selling targeted mobile advertising. Customer data has become a key to the media industry’s future as TV networks strive to provide the same kind of advertising as digital companies like Google and Facebook.