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Tribune Media Pulls Out of Proposed Merger with Sinclair Broadcast Group

HeadlineAug 09, 2018

Tribune Media has pulled out of the proposed $3.9 billion merger with the right-wing Sinclair Broadcast Group. FCC Chair Ajit Pai said last month he had “serious concerns” about the merger, which would have combined two of the nation’s largest broadcasters. Free press groups are celebrating the collapse of the merger.

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