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AT&T sells remaining stake in DirecTV for $7.6 billion as it bows out of entertainment

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AT&T is selling its majority stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG Partners for $7.6 billion .

The deal, announced Monday , comes more than a decade after the telecom giant's acquisition of satellite-TV provider Direc TV .

DireCTV says it is acquiring Dish from EchoStar , a deal that also includes Sling TV , for $ 1 .

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