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Bezos Talks Space, Not Media, at Sun Valley

By Jessica E. Lessin
· · Source: The Information

One man in the hot seat today in Sun Valley was AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, who was barraged by reporters wanting reaction to the surprise news that the Justice Department would appeal the AT&T-Time Warner decision. As he was hustling in the hot sun to a meeting, he said AT&T would fight the appeal and would prevail.  One man in a decidedly less hot seat was everyone’s favorite mogul...

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