Meet Bill Maher's new boss...

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more than likely.

Reuters Top News ‏@Reuters: Murdoch to pursue Time Warner after buyout offer snubbed: NYT http://reut.rs/1nvY3Dj

@HuffPostMedia · May 2007: Dow Jones rejects Murdoch takeover bid

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/IndustryInfo/story?id=3105688& …

August 2007: Murdoch buys Dow Jones

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB118589043953483378 …

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1. The main target could be HBO

The New York Times @nytimes · Breaking News: Rupert Murdoch Said to Have Made Offer for Time Warner http://nyti.ms/1yqAKDs

@focuspyramid: Tech News: 21st Century Fox is trying to buy Time Warner for $80 billion -- but the main target could be HBO: ... http://bit.ly/1p7QMw9

Reuters Top News ‏@Reuters: Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox is hunting Time Warner: http://reut.rs/U9Ktys

[lonestarnot]

2. Not going to happen.

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3. David Folkenflick was just on NPR...

and let's say he sounded less confident than you do.

@davidfolkenflik · There are corp reasons for 21stC Fox to want HBO, cut backroom costs, get added muscle - but this is all about Rupert rewriting last chapter

Why does the FCC keeps saying 'Yes' to Murdoch?

[dawg]

5. Odds are in favor of this deal going through.

Murdoch is prepared to seriously sweeten the deal, and there has already been talk of Time Warner spinning-off CNN in order to sooth regulators who might be concerned about Fox News and CNN being owned by the same (evil) company.

[lonestarnot]

6. Then there are the anti-trust laws to sour.

[dawg]

7. Our government has been turning a blind eye to anti-trust issues since at least 1980.

Look at the media consolidation they have already allowed to happen. They are currently in the process of allowing Comcast to acquire Time Warner Cable. That deal is even worse for the consumer than this one. I don't think the regulators will save us here at all. We have foxes guarding our hen house.

[lonestarnot]

8. You are right dawg, but I hope that in this case, you are wrong.

[dawg]

9. Me too.

[Armstead]

4. Anti-Trust Enforcement ought to be a litumus test for Democrats

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10. Speaking of Maher and Murdoch

Maybe they're not that different after all?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2014/07/18/bill-maher-gets-slap-happy-with-tweet-comparing-hamas-to-a-crazy-woman/

[spanone]

11. soon, faux will be feeding all americans mis-information

[Rex]

12. Ugh...how much longer do we have to endure that POS Murdoch?

Cheney/Murdoch...why do the special turds get to stay floating around the toilet bowl? They just seem impossible to flush.