Morning Agenda: Return of the ‘King of Cable’
Date: 27 May 2015
By DEALBOOK
Dealbook
Also, Vox Media acquires ReCode and Deutsche Bank agrees to pay $55 million in the S.E.C.’s derivatives inquiry. And the F.D.I.C. releases a report on the banking industry.
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Vox Media Adds ReCode to Its Stable of Websites
Date: 27 May 2015
By SYDNEY EMBER
Sydney EMBER
Vox Media will acquire news website ReCode in all-stock deal, highlighting turmoil among media organizations that cover the tech industry; deal will give ReCode access to wider audience it has lacked since it was spun off from Wall Street Journal, and adds to Vox's growing network of websites.
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Charter’s Guarded Optimism That This Time a Merger Will Clear
Date: 27 May 2015
By JONATHAN MAHLER
Jonathan MAHLER
News Analysis; Charter Communications stands chance of gaining regulatory approval for its acquisition of Time Warner Cable, which was denied to Comcast earlier in year; key difference is fact that Charter's new company would control only 30 percent of nation's broadband internet market, far less than the 57 percent that Comcast stood to control had its deal gone through.
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FIFA Inquiry Yields Indictments; U.S. Officials Vow to Pursue More
Date: 28 May 2015
By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD and MATT APUZZO
Stephanie CLIFFORD
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Iran’s Secret Trial of a Journalist
Date: 27 May 2015
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Editorial maintains it is both shameful and predictable that Iran has chosen to try captured Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian behind closed doors, since public trial would expose case for sham it is; notes Rezaian has been charged with espionage, though no proof has been demonstrated; calls on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to intervene in case.
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Axact Chief Executive Arrested in Pakistan Over Fake Diplomas Scandal
Date: 28 May 2015
By SABA IMTIAZ and DECLAN WALSH
Saba IMTIAZ
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