Cinemoi Takes Aim at AT&T-Time Warner Merger

Daphna Ziman, president of Cinemoi, the women-owned high-end lifestyle programming network, took aim at the proposed AT&T-Time Warner merger. There is no Federal Communications Commission docket to post such comments in because the deal has yet to be filed with the commission, and there is even a question of whether it will have to be filed there at all. But the merger will definitely get Justice Department scrutiny at least, and FCC advice in the process at a minimum, if past is prologue (which it may or may not be in a Trump Administration). Whichever agency does the vetting, Ziman wants them to know she thinks the merger could adversely impact independent programmers.

"The lack of women and minority ownership is a threat to diversity of viewpoints and equality," she said. "Cinemoi looks forward to supporting the FCC and Congress in creating protections which address these concerns." "Gender diversity in media is absolutely critical for our democracy, never more glaring than now" she said. "This proposed merger could have serious public interest consequences."