And Salon is hinting that what Sinclair really wants besides the additional stations is WGN America, which would allow them to convert the seemingly-comatose channel that has dropped out of expensive original scripted programming into a right-wing news network to compete with Fox--because in this cord-cutting atmosphere right now, converting a channel which is already established on most systems is more advantageous than starting a new channel from scratch. And if they can get Billo and/or Hannity, along with enough Stepford bimbette graduates from Hillsdale, Regency or Liberty University to replace the Fox bimbettes and not complain when Billo comes after them...
Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor [email protected] On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 8:38 AM, Bob Jersey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mark Jeffries, Apr 30th: >> >> As Sinclair Broadcast Group, the nation's largest TV station owner, is >> supposedly kicking the tires of Tribune Broadcasting, 21st Century Fox is >> supposedly hitching up with the Blackstone Group to purchase Trib, in what >> some are saying seems to be an offensive move to keep Sinclair, whose >> station portfolio includes a lot of Fox affils, from having more influence >> on the network and demand more compensation from Fox: >> >> http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/21st-century-fox-tribune-me >> dia-blackstone-1202404345/ >> >> Also, it seems to me that Sinclair wants to buy Tribune to easily get >> into the country's major markets and be more able to attempt what they >> tried some years ago--a national OTA conservative-leaning news service. >> They already have the former CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson on their payroll >> doing a Sunday morning show for the Sinclair stations and we all know who >> doesn't have jobs at Fox News anymore. >> >> And on the other side, if Fox does take over Tribune, they will have to >> sell stations in New York, Chicago, LA and Washington, among other cities. >> > > Sinclair wins. $3.9 billion. > > THR > <http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sinclair-acquire-tribune-media-39-billion-1001059?utm_source=twitter> > (link) > > B > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
