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AOL-Time Warner Merger

StoryDecember 15, 2000
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    Government approval of an AOL-Time Warner merger clears the way for the world’s biggest media company.

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    • Robert McChesney, author of ??Rich Media Poor Democracy, Professor of Communications, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

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