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Tribune Publishing offers voluntary buyouts at NY Daily News, Chicago Tribune
Tribune Publishing, the parent company of the Chicago Tribune and the struggling New York Daily News, is offering voluntary buyouts to employees with eight or more years of service, it...
FCC backs Nexstar's $4.1B deal for Tribune Media stations
The Federal Communications Commission OK’d Nexstar’s $4.1 billion takeover of Tribune Media Monday — paving the way for the Texas-based Nexstar to become the largest broadcast company in the US...
Tribune stock tumbles after McClatchy bid dies
News that the McClatchy bid for Tribune Publishing is dead as a doornail sent the stock spiraling to another new 52-week low on Tuesday — slumping to $12.40 a share...
Nexstar to buy Tribune Media for $4.1B
Nexstar Media Group has reached a $4.1 billion deal to acquire Tribune Media, making it the country’s largest operator of local TV stations. Reports on Sunday said Nexstar’s all-cash offer...
Nexstar is leading bidder for TV-station giant Tribune Media
Nexstar Media Group has emerged as the leading bidder for Tribune Media as it angles for a deal to create the nation’s biggest owner of local TV stations, The Post...
Apollo acquiring local stations to boost bid for Tribune Media
A surprising plot twist has emerged in the auction of TV broadcasting giant Tribune Media, with billionaire Leon Black’s buyout firm making an unusual acquisition to get a leg up...
Justice Department settles antitrust suit with station groups
The Justice Department has settled antitrust charges with Sinclair Broadcast Group, Tribune Media and four other broadcast companies accused of sharing competitively sensitive information with rivals, the department said on...
ION Media joins Cerberus and Hicks in bid for Tribune Media
The auction of TV broadcasting giant Tribune Media is heating up. ION Media — a privately held operator of 70 stations across the US — has joined buyout firm Cerberus...
Byron Allen seriously interested in buying Tribune Media
Byron Allen, the comedian turned media mogul, is in the hunt to buy Tribune Media, the 42-station TV network, which went on the block for a second time earlier this...
Trump-loving super PAC chairman might buy Tribune Media
Tribune Media and its 42 TV stations have a new suitor — and this one likes President Trump, too. The owner of local TV stations like WPIX in New York...
Local TV station owners face antitrust lawsuit
A defunct retailer has filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that Sinclair Broadcast Group, Tribune Media and other big owners of local TV stations conspired to jack up the prices of...
Sook's Nexstar may be next to chase Tribune Media merger
Perry Sook’s Nexstar Media Group may be hoping to succeed with Tribune Media where Sinclair Broadcasting failed, The Post has learned. The chief executive of the second-largest TV station owner...
Feds warned Sinclair execs that Tribune merger faced problems
Sinclair Broadcasting shouldn’t have been so surprised about its mega-merger with Tribune Media getting blocked. The nation’s biggest TV station owner insisted last month it was “shocked” when the $3.9...
Tribune Media sues Sinclair after terminating merger deal
Sinclair Broadcast Group went to war with President Trump’s regulators, botching its deal with Tribune Media, according to an explosive lawsuit filed Thursday. Tribune not only terminated its $3.9 billion...
Sinclair, Tribune shares jump after Trump slams FCC
Sinclair Broadcast Group and Tribune Media shares rose on Wednesday after President Trump criticized the Federal Communications Commission for deferring a decision last week on their proposed $3.9 billion tie-up...
FCC says Sinclair may have misrepresented Tribune plan
The FCC on Thursday all but killed Sinclair Broadcasting’s $6.6 billion deal to buy Tribune Media. The regulator, strongly questioning the character of the management of Sinclair, a right-leaning broadcast...
FCC action roils prospects of Sinclair’s merger with Tribune
There will be no quick fix for Sinclair Broadcast Group’s proposed $6.6 billion acquisition of Tribune Media. The FCC on Wednesday evening voted unanimously to either send the case to...
Conservative media boss told Trump he opposed Sinclair-Tribune merger
The Federal Communication Commission’s surprise move to block Sinclair Broadcast Group’s $6.6 billion acquisition of Tribune Media came after the head of a rival conservative news outlet discussed his opposition...
Sinclair kills plan to divest stations in hopes of closing Tribune deal
Sinclair Broadcast Group said on Wednesday it will reverse course and not divest three stations in hopes of winning approval for its $3.9 billion acquisition of Tribune Media after the...
FCC chairman moves to block Sinclair-Tribune mega deal
Federal regulators on Monday moved to stop Sinclair Broadcast Group’s $6.6 billion acquisition of Tribune Media. Citing “serious concerns” about Sinclair’s divestiture of certain assets — sales that were proposed...