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Tag: John Stankey

  • AT&T Took Our Advice But It Does Not Solve The Scale Problem

    Will Apple, Disney or Netflix pursue an acquisition of NewCo? Last year we wrote that AT&T should sell WarnerMedia. On Monday AT&T (tkr: T) led by John Stankey agreed to spin-off its WarnerMedia asset and to combine it with John Malone’s Discovery (tkr: DISCA) in a new, publicly-traded company led by Discovery CEO David Zaslav.…

  • Don’t Expect AT&T to Sell WarnerMedia In The Near-Term

    A WarnerMedia sale is not likely to happen before Q4 2021. A WarnerMedia sale is likely to occur, but not before calendar Q4 2021. The WarnerMedia business unit is a significant drag on AT&T’s (tkr: T) ability to invest in its core, capital intensive, distribution/data/fiber business. Disney (tkr: DIS) is the natural buyer. Apple (tkr:…

  • Institutional Investors Forgot They Have A Voice. PLUS – Big Tech Regulation.

    It is amazing what institutional investors – especially large holders – put up with. Do Portfolio Managers communicate with CEOs any longer? PMs used to speak with management teams to provide feedback around capital allocation decisions, financial disclosures and more. My sense is that less of this interaction occurs today. Below we cover a few…