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AT&T announces it will buy Time Warner AT&T announces it will buy Time Warner for $86bn
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US telecoms giant AT&T announces it will buy entertainment group Time Warner for $86bn The US telecoms giant AT&T has announced that it will buy entertainment group Time Warner for $86bn (£70.3bn).
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. The deal was agreed at a meeting of the two boards on Saturday but will still need to be approved by regulators.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. Correspondents say it is the biggest deal in the world this year.
It reflects the desire of the telecoms company to acquire content to stream over its high-speed network and attract more online viewers.