AT&T CEO Meets With Trump About Job Growth; No Time Warner Discussions

AT&T Chairman Randall Stephenson met Thursday with President-elect Donald Trump but didn't talk about the company's planned $108.7 billion buy of Time Warner, the telco said in a statement. "Rather, as the country’s leading investor of capital for each of the last five years, the conversation focused on how AT&T can work with the Trump administration to increase investment in the U.S., stimulate job creation in America, and make American companies more competitive globally." The Trump transition team didn't comment on the specifics of the meeting but said such meetings between Trump and business leaders generally have been about job creation and regulatory barriers to growth and expansion. Trump has said he opposes the deal on media consolidation grounds (see 1610220002).