IP: FCC on AOL TW

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

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>Arthur H. Harding, Esq.
>Fleischman and Walsh, LLP
>1400 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Suite 6000
>Washington, DC 20036
>George Vradenburg, III
>Steven N. Teplitz, Esq.
>America Online, Inc.
>1101 Connecticut Avenue, NW
>Suite 400
>Washington, DC 20036
>Peter D. Ross, Esq.
>Wiley Rein & Fielding
>1776 K Street, N.W.
>Washington, D.C. 20006
>Catherine R. Nolan, Esq.
>Time Warner, Inc.
>800 Connecticut Avenue, NW
>Suite 800
>Washington, DC 200006
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>
>
>Re:
>AOL/Time Warner Application for Consent to Transfer of Control, CS Docket
>No. 00-30
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>
>
>Dear Counsel:
>
>We are today stopping the clock on consideration of the license transfer
>applications related to the proposed merger between AOL and Time-Warner. As
>you know, the clock may be stopped for a limited number of reasons that
>reflect circumstances largely beyond the agency's control. It is the FCC's
>normal practice to wait for action by the antitrust agency (Department of
>Justice or the Federal Trade Commission) before taking its own action
>because the factual basis for the FCC's review of whether a license transfer
>is in the public interest may be affected by the antitrust agency's
>determinations. Once the Federal Trade Commission has acted, we will
>promptly publish an anticipated timeline for
>FCC action.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>
>
>Christopher J. Wright
>General Counsel
>
>
>
>cc:
>Deborah Lathen
>James Bird
>
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