rking with MCI and Sprint. Ironically, AT&T became the first "phone company" to announce similar intentions just days later. 3. Geraldine Fabrikant, "Investing It; Enigmatic Architect of a Cable Resurgence," New York Times, June 2I, 1998. 4. "AT&T Chief Armstrong Delivers on Expectations," Chicago Trib- une, June 25, 1998; "A Hookup for the Millennium: AT&T-TCI Merger Means Packaged Services for Sale," Washington Times, June 25, 1998; Peter Elstrom, "At Last: Telecom Unbound-AT&T- TCI Could Deliver on the Promise of Melding Telephones, TVs Notes and Computers," BusinessWee July 6, 1998; George Taber, Time, July 6, 1998; FCC Chairman William Kennard's quote is from a brief statement issued by the agency on June 24, 1998; "The Bat- tle to Wire America," New York Times editorial, July 5, 1998. 5. John Higgins, "John Malone Explains It All," Broadcasting and Cable, July I3, 1998. 6. From a transcript of the news conference. 7. Elstrom, "At Last: Telecom Unbound." 8. Stephanie Mehta and Jared Sandberg, "AT&T Tries Again to Clar- ify TCI Deal," Wall Street Journal, July 2, 1998. 9. Yankee Group, "AT&T and TCI: Fortune Favors the Bold," Tele- com Report, Vol. I3, No. IO, July 1998. IO. Higgins, "John Malone Explains It All." II. Sallie Hofmeister, "AT&T Likely to Restructure TCI Deal to Re- duce Shareholder Risk," Los Angeles Times, July 3, 1998. 12. Adamik was quoted in Mehta and Sandberg, "AT&T Tries Again To Clarify TCI Deal." Chapter 8 I. John Higgins, "John Malone Explains It All," Broadcasting and Cable, July I3, 1998. 2. Leslie Cauley and Stephanie Mehta, "Leaders of AT&T's Con- sumer Unit Differ-Will Hindery, Zeglis Be Able to Make Power- Sharing Arrangement Work?" Wall Street Journal, June 30, I99 8. 3. Sallie Hofmeister, "AT&T Cancels TCI Stock Plan at Last Min- ute," Los Angeles Times, January 9, 1999. 4. Leslie Cauley, "AT&T Plans to Buy More Cable TV Gear," Wall Street Journal, September 29, 1999. Cauley's story included the following: "The equipment purchases amount to a strong en- dorsement of the General