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Dish and T-Mobile are planning the next media megadeal

Dish and T-Mobile are close to merging, according to the Wall Street Journal and others.

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This article is published in partnership with Time.com. The original version can be found here.

By @KevinMcspadden

Dish Network (DISH) and T-Mobile (TMUS) are close to a merger agreement that would mark another instance of recent consolidation deals amongst U.S. communications companies as traditional media grapples with changing business dynamics in the Internet era, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

According to the WSJ, semantics over the end price and cash versus stocks considerations have not been agreed upon.

The deal comes on the heels of a pair of major agreements—the $49 billion deal between AT&T (T) and DirectTV (TWC) and Bright House Networks. The latter deal came together in a hurry after Comcast Corp’s (CMCSA) bid for Time Warner Cable collapsed under regulatory pressure.