Edition No. 57 · Tue 18 Aug 2026 · Story 23 of 30

"The Bonfire of the Synergies: Alvaro Bedoya on WarnerMount"

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Fired FTC commissioner Alvaro Bedoya told Bill Cohan that California AG Rob Bonta's cable-competition argument is the sleeper in the case.

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