AT&T, Time Warner Try to Sway Reluctant Senators on Merger

USA Today: AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson and his Time Warner counterpart Jeff Bewkes did their best to convince a Senate subcommittee that their proposed $85.4 billion merger will ultimately be good for consumers. It wasn’t an easy sell. “Nothing is preventing a combined AT&T-Time-Warner from charging double for access to ‘Game of Thrones,'” said Sen. Al Franken (D., Minn.)