Charter Seeks Merger with Time Warner

Two large communication industries are asking to merge. Charter Communications, which is the local cable provider to Osage Beach, Camdenton, Lake Ozark and surrounding communities, is seeking a 78-billion-dollar buy out of rival Time Warner Cable. Time Warner and Charter are the number two and three cable companies in the U.S. Charter also announced they are trying to acquire Bright House Networks for just over ten-billion-dollars. If the merger is approved, Charter will serve nearly 24-million customers in 41 states…