Common Cause

The Washington Post has rejected a provocative “Fire Elon Musk” ad campaign, planned by the advocacy group Common Cause. The campaign was scheduled to appear in the Tuesday edition of the paper. What Happened: Common Cause had entered into a $115,000 deal with the Washington Post to...

A new campaign ad supporting Florida’s Amendment 3, which aims to legalize recreational marijuana, features Republican Sen. Joe Gruters addressing critics of the measure.  Titled "Blowing Smoke," the ad counters claims from Governor Ron DeSantis, who opposes the amendment and has sparked...

Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) plans to acquire Time Warner Cable Inc (NYSE: TWC) for approximately $55 billion. The deal comes a month after the demise of the proposed merger between Time Warner Cable and Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA). Unfazed by that failure, investors...

Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) got into a bit of trouble after its executive VP David Cohen told reporters he expects the company to move to a "usage-based billing model" in the next five years. Cohen (who is also Comcast's Chief Diversity Officer) tried to clarify his comments with a blog post on...

AT&T (NYSE: T) plans to purchase DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) for $48.5 billion. In a press release, both companies brag that it will create a "content distribution leader" across mobile, video and broadband. AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson referred to the merger as a "unique...

Former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps does not support the proposed merger between Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC). In a statement to the press, Copps -- who now serves as the special adviser to Common Cause's Media and Democracy Reform Initiative -- said the proposed...