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Charter closes $34.5 billion Cox merger to form largest US broadband operator

Acquired; name passes to combined parent

Charter Communications closed its $34.5 billion purchase of Cox Communications on Thursday, folding two of the country's biggest cable providers into one company. It now sells internet to about 35.6 million homes and businesses, more than Comcast.

Updated Aug 20

Supreme Court rules ISPs not liable for subscribers' copyright infringement

Rule Changes

Won unanimous Supreme Court ruling

For more than a decade, major record labels have tried to make internet service providers pay for their subscribers' music piracy. On March 25, 2026, the Supreme Court shut that door unanimously. Justice Clarence Thomas, writing for a 9-0 court, held that a company providing internet service cannot be held liable as a copyright infringer simply because it knows some customers will use that service to download music illegally.

Updated May 30