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Post by levoix on May 8, 2017 8:51:40 GMT -6
Just saw a news release that Sinclair Broadcasting is acquiring all the Tribune TV stations, which includes KSTU (Fox 13). sbgi.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/SBG-Trib-Final.pdfSince Sinclair already owns KUTV and KMYU (and KJZZ, I believe), will they sell one of the stations? Any thoughts on which one?
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Post by CAwasinNJ on May 9, 2017 2:09:37 GMT -6
Good memory on Tribune acquiring KSTU. I'd forgotten about that.
KMYU shouldn't be a factor since their coverage area doesn't even come close to any of the others. (There's precedent for that when CBS acquired WLNY on Long Island.) Owning KUTV, KJZZ and KSTU could be a problem though. There's been some talk from the FCC about changing ownership caps again, but I'm not sure if that covers local market shares. I also don't know how a channel share agreement might work in that case. If they did have to sell one, I would guess it would be KJZZ. The CBS affiliation is the definite keeper and I'm pretty sure the Fox affiliation would be more valuable than an independent.
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Post by levoix on May 9, 2017 18:00:49 GMT -6
If they keep 13 and 2, think they'd combine news products like Hawaii News Now, or run separate news rooms like Meredith does with their Phoenix stations?
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Post by metalgod on May 9, 2017 23:56:56 GMT -6
Will the staff for news shows change I noticed that fox 13 chief metrology has changed as of Monday
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Post by CAwasinNJ on May 10, 2017 1:39:36 GMT -6
Using the mantra of "follow the money" (which is usually the way things go) I would guess that the news operations would be combined and the 2 News produced newscasts that are on KJZZ now would move to KSTU. There would probably also be a combining of the staffs, cherry picking the "best" of each of them. This is all just my educated guess of course and it's going to be a while before the deal is approved assuming it's approved at all. There's going to be regulatory scrutiny on this deal for sure. Anything that's happening now has nothing to do with this deal.
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Post by David on May 10, 2017 23:25:51 GMT -6
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Post by CAwasinNJ on May 11, 2017 3:29:41 GMT -6
I don't see how those events could be related.
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Post by David on May 11, 2017 11:17:31 GMT -6
I don't see how those events could be related. Not even if she received her walking papers from the new owners? Just a thought.
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