Is the merger of Charter and Cox a last gasp effort to fend off their ravenous competitors and avoid the business equivalent of viral collapse?

Charter Communications and Cox Communications have announced their agreement to merge, with Charter set to acquire Cox in a transaction valued at $34.5 billion.

Cox Communications, which is based in Sandy Springs and owned by Cox Enterprises, is the third-largest cable operator in the nation. Charter, based in Stamford, Connecticut, is the second-largest.

Privately owned COX Communications will merge with Charter Communications (also known as Spectrum), the second-largest cable TV and internet provider in the U.S. After the merger is complete, the ...

Charter Communications and Cox Communications will merge in a deal that combines two of the three biggest U.S. cable companies as their industry faces threats from cord-cutting and wireless ...

Charter Communications has offered to acquire Cox Communications, a $34.5 billion merger that would combine two of the top three cable companies in the U.S. Cox is the third largest cable ...

Charter Communications has offered to acquire Cox Communications, a $34.5 billion merger that would combine two of the top three cable companies in the U.S.

Charter Communications, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States, announced a merger Friday with privately held Cox Communications in a multi-billion-dollar deal.

Charter Communications said Friday it would buy privately held rival Cox Communications for $21.9 billion, uniting two of the largest US cable and broadband operators as they battle streaming ...

Charter Communications and Cox Communications say they will put America first by returning jobs from overseas after Charter agreed to buy its family owned rival for $21.9 billion.