"By Tara Lachapelle | Bloomberg January 15.219
With AT&T Inc. shifting its focus to the newly acquired Time Warner businesses, its struggling DirecTV division is looking less essential. Should DirecTV’s headaches persist, it may even get to the point where AT&T is better off without it. "
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