{"id":8421,"date":"2018-08-09T14:45:46","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T14:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/termination-of-sinclair-tribune-merger-a-major-victory-for-democracy\/"},"modified":"2018-08-09T14:45:46","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T14:45:46","slug":"termination-of-sinclair-tribune-merger-a-major-victory-for-democracy","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/press\/termination-of-sinclair-tribune-merger-a-major-victory-for-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Termination of Sinclair-Tribune Merger a Major Victory for Democracy"},"template":"","class_list":["post-8421","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Today, Tribune Media Company announced it terminated its merger with Sinclair Broadcast Group. The termination comes after the Federal Communications Commission designated the transaction for an administrative hearing. The $3.9 billion merger would have allowed Sinclair to reach 72 percent of households nationwide.","featured_image":"","press_type":236,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":8296}"],"related_issues":[134,136,2065],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Today, Tribune Media Company announced it terminated its merger with Sinclair Broadcast Group. The termination comes after the Federal Communications Commission designated the transaction for an administrative hearing. The $3.9 billion merger would have allowed Sinclair to reach 72 percent of households nationwide.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Statement of Michael Copps, Former FCC Commissioner and Common Cause Special Adviser:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\u201cGood riddance to a really bad deal that would have given Sinclair an unprecedented amount of control of our local media. Broadcasters are supposed to serve the needs of the communities where they operate. But Sinclair has shown its only interest is taking over as many local stations as possible to become a national network at the expense of local programming and diverse viewpoints. \u00a0In the end there was massive opposition from all sides, which demonstrated Sinclair\u2019s merger was clearly not in the public interest.\r\n\r\nThe strongest impact came at the grassroots level. Hundreds of thousands of people, including over 50,000 Common Cause members, called on the FCC to block Sinclair\u2019s merger. It\u2019s their victory and shows Americans want a media system that promotes local, diverse, and independent journalism.\u00a0But Sinclair will be back with more deals, as will other media giants.\u00a0 At a time when we need more independent and diverse voices in our media, we must all stay vigilant and engaged.\u201d"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Termination of Sinclair-Tribune Merger a Major Victory for Democracy - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/press-releases\/termination-of-sinclair-tribune-merger-a-major-victory-for-democracy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Termination of Sinclair-Tribune Merger a Major Victory for Democracy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/drucken\/termination-of-sinclair-tribune-merger-a-major-victory-for-democracy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/termination-of-sinclair-tribune-merger-a-major-victory-for-democracy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/termination-of-sinclair-tribune-merger-a-major-victory-for-democracy\/\",\"name\":\"Termination of Sinclair-Tribune Merger a Major Victory for Democracy - 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