News of Note—AT&T, Byte, CBS and the Justice Department

Here are some other stories we’re following today:

> Judges on a federal appeals court on Thursday grilled the Department of Justice over its challenge to a lower court decision blessing the AT&T-Time Warner merger. The Hill article

> The new Vine 2.0 known as Byte is set to launch in spring 2019, and the platform is opening up for future content creators who can register today. 9to5Google article

> CBS’ interim CEO Joe Ianniello told his staff that he believes the investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by his predecessor, Les Moonves, is coming to a conclusion soon. Deadline article