Earl R. Merrill: So It Turns Out Sinclair Isn’t Buying The Tribune Company, But Another Media Giant Is

Monday, December 3, 2018

So It Turns Out Sinclair Isn’t Buying The Tribune Company, But Another Media Giant Is

Wait, what? Yes, after Sinclair fell afoul of the FCC, it’s Nexstar swooping in. “The deal would create a new king of local TV, unseating Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. … Nexstar had been interested in Tribune last year before Sinclair had agreed to buy it.”