The Hollywood Reporter: Sinclair Laying Groundwork For Fox News Competitor

05.23.2018 / By Jeremy Barr
The Hollywood Reporter: Sinclair Laying Groundwork For Fox News Competitor

Former FCC commissioner Michael Copps, who has loudly opposed Sinclair's $3.9 billion takeover of Tribune, says the company is "trying to look as nonthreatening as possible and make this deal look as innocuous as possible." In early May, 21st Century Fox agreed to snap up seven TV stations from Sinclair in a $910 million deal that could help Sinclair get regulatory approval for its Tribune bid. Publicly, Sinclair leadership has denied rumors of a Fox News challenge. But Copps is unmoved: "Watch what they do and not what they say."

Former FCC commissioner Michael Copps, who has loudly opposed Sinclair’s $3.9 billion takeover of Tribune, says the company is “trying to look as nonthreatening as possible and make this deal look as innocuous as possible.”

In early May, 21st Century Fox agreed to snap up seven TV stations from Sinclair in a $910 million deal that could help Sinclair get regulatory approval for its Tribune bid.

Publicly, Sinclair leadership has denied rumors of a Fox News challenge. But Copps is unmoved: “Watch what they do and not what they say.”

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