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Un-Muddying the Waters: Making Sense of the Dish and SoftBank Dueling Offers for Sprint

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 9 at 5:00 am PT

Aiming to cut through the hype and spin, AllThingsD stacks the arguments up side by side and explains where things go from here.

Clearwire’s Dissident Shareholder Mails Proxy, Taps Quinn Emanuel for Trial Duties

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 6 at 3:22 pm PT

Crest Financial, Clearwire’s largest minority shareholder, is pulling out all the stops in opposing the company’s plan to sell itself to majority owner Sprint.

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Clearwire Shareholders to Press for Higher Buyout

Thomas Gryta, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on May 3 at 1:15 pm PT

The four shareholders intend to act as a group in discussions with Sprint as well as other interested parties, including Dish.

Sprint: 1.5 Million iPhones Sold, $8.8 Billion Revenue, $29 Million in Operating Income

Ina Fried in Mobile on April 24 at 4:09 am PT

The No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier shifted to an operating profit from a year-ago loss.

SoftBank Says Still Hopes to Complete Sprint Deal by July

Ina Fried in Mobile on April 15 at 9:30 pm PT

The Japanese firm said it believes that its bid for the No. 3 U.S. carrier remains superior.

Meet Charlie Ergen, the Guy Who Now Wants to Buy Sprint (Video)

Ina Fried in Mobile on April 15 at 4:14 am PT

Here’s the video of our interview of the Dish Network chairman at February’s D: Dive Into Media.

Aiming to One-Up SoftBank, Dish Offers $25.5 Billion to Buy Sprint Nextel

Ina Fried in Mobile on April 15 at 3:57 am PT

From the “never a dull moment in the wireless industry” department, the satellite firm counters SoftBank’s proposed deal.

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TV Service Providers Held Talks With Aereo

Shalini Ramachandran, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on March 31 at 5:02 pm PT

But no deals for would-be TV disruptor.

Waiting for the Cord-Cutting Numbers to Show Up? Keep Waiting.

Peter Kafka in Media on March 20 at 1:26 pm PT

Another year of zero growth for pay TV. Which isn’t good, but it could be worse.

Clearwire Shareholder Hires Proxy Firm in Bid to Stop Sprint Deal

Ina Fried in Mobile on March 20 at 6:04 am PT

Crest Financial, which has already sued Clearwire and its directors, indicated that it is willing to take things to a full-on proxy fight, if necessary.