Surf these sites: ABCNews.com : AOL to Acquire Time Warner -- ABC News coverage of AOL Time Warner merger. AOL Time Warner: Dawn of a Golden Age, or a Blow to Media Diversity? -- News release raising questions and issues about effects of merger between AOL and Time Warner. From Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. America Online, Inc. -- Corporate website of AOL, including news releases regarding merger with Time Warner. BBC News In-Depth -- AOL Time Warner Merger -- BBC news and background on AOL Time Warner merger. CNET.com - You''ve Got Time Warner -- News and feature package about AOL Time Warner. CNN -- AOL and Time Warner to merge -- Coverage from Time Warner-owned CNN of announcement of $182 billion merger between Time Warner and America Online. Christian Science Monitor -- Mergers May Shrink Limits of Cyberspace -- Analysis of critics'' concerns that mergers like AOL Time Warner will limit freedom and access of the Internet. Consumer Groups Respond to AOL-Time Warner Deal -- Joint press release from Consumers Union and other consumer and media watchdog organizations critical of AOL Time Warner merger and of government policies that allow concentration of communications media ownership. Detroit Free Press -- Merger is Reason to Rejoice -- Commentary by Heather Newman contending AOL Time Warner merger is good news because it heralds the arrival of faster new media and diverse content to the Internet and consumers. Fortune -- Good News: The Soul of AOL Time Warner Is AOL -- Columnist Stewart Alsop in Time-Warner owned Fortune predicts AOL Time Warner merger will be good for the merged companies as investments. Freedom Forum -- Why we should worry about AOL Time Warner -- Critical commentary by Jon Katz and an opinion forum on the implications of the AOL Time Warner merger and similar media consolidation deals on freedom of the press, Internet access and other issues. N.Y. Times -- : Does Deal Signal Lessening of Media Independence? -- Analysis in New York Times from different perspectives of implications of AOL Time Warner merger on diversity and journalistic independence. Also includes links to Times coverage of the merger. News Unlimited -- Media Merger Heralds Net Revolution -- News analysis and background articles on AOL Time Warner merger from the UK newspaper The Guardian. Online NewsHour: AOL/Time Warner Merger -- Ongoing coverage of AOL Time Warner merger and media consolidation from PBS Online News Hour. Includes panel discussion of pros and cons of merger, and other news and background information. Salon -- AOL and Time Warner''s Marriage of Insecurity -- Analysis of AOL Time Warner merger that contends "Fear drove the two companies into bed with each other. Now it''s our turn to be afraid." The Media Channel -- Merger Misery -- Commentary by Mark Crispen Miller contending the implications of AOL Time Warner Merger reflect the problems of media monopolies. Article calls for fundamental change to reduce concentration of power. Time Warner -- Corporate website of Time Warner, including press releases and information about the company. U.S. News -- AOL-Time Warner Deal Heralds a New Era -- U.S.News & World Report coverage of AOL Time Warner merger and its implications. WSWS -- AOL buyout of Time Warner -- Critical analysis of AOL Time Warner merger that contends deal will create a media and Internet giant with near-monopoly power over information. From World Socialist Web Site. Washingtonpost.com -- AOL Time Warner Merger -- Ongoing news reports and background analysis on AOL Time Warner merger from The Washington Post. Yahoo! Full Coverage -- Current news, links to other sources and other information resources about AOL and Time Warner merger. ZDNet: News: AOL/Time Warner merger -- News and commentaries about implications of AOL Time Warner merger on consumsers, Internet access and other issues.
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