https://www.cnet.com/news/at-t-may-need-to-jettison-cnn-to-close-time-warner-deal/ >AT&T's $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner has hit a snag.  >To close the deal, the US Justice Department is demanding that the Dallas-based telecommunications giant sell Turner Broadcasting, which includes CNN, according to the Financial Times (account required), which cited unnamed sources. The New York Times reported that AT&T could also win approval if it sold its DirecTV unit, which it just acquired in 2015.