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In a document released Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission is raising questions about whether Sinclair Broadcast misrepresented parts of the proposed deal to acquire Tribune Media and whether the deal is in the public interest.

Sinclair Broadcast and Tribune Media will come up with new buyers for TV station divestitures in light of FCC concerns over the companies' $3.9 billion merger.

Baltimore chef and the former CEO of Bagby Restaurant Group Chris Becker has died, according to a Towson funeral home.

Opponents of the Sinclair/Tribune deal, led by Free Press, plan to protest outside Sinclair Broadcast headquarters Thursday before the company's annual shareholder meeting.

David D. Smith, executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group, earned $6.64 million last year, an increase of nearly 28 percent over his 2016 compensation.

Sinclair Broadcast Group and Tribune Media announced plans Tuesday to sell 23 television stations after they merge as part of their campaign to get the deal approved by federal regulators.

Facing a firestorm of criticism, Sinclair Broadcast Group spent last week defending a controversial on-air promotion in which its TV anchors across the country read identical scripts decrying “fake” news.

Top journalism schools say their students are apprehensive about working at Sinclair.

Sinclair Broadcast Group is selling WGN-TV but seeking to maintain control of the station through a deal with the buyer in a bid to skirt ownership limits and win federal regulatory approval for its proposed $3.9 billion acquisition of Tribune Media.

Sinclair Broadcast Group expects to finalize its proposed $3.9 billion takeover of Tribune Media in the second quarter, the Hunt Valley TV station owner said Wednesday.

Sinclair Broadcast Group announced plans to remain in its Hunt Valley headquarters and double the number of employees by 2024.

Sinclair Broadcast reports a drop in sales and profit during the third quarter due to impact of hurricane season

From pharmaceutical experts to former restaurateurs, Maryland's first medical marijuana growers are getting started.

Watchdog group asks FCC to deny Sinclair Broadcast's bid to acquire Tribune Media

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. reported a decrease in profit for the second quarter but met Wall Street’s expectations during what the company called a defining year.

David D. Smith earned $5.2 million last year as CEO and president of Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., a 13 percent increase from 2015.

Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group may be in talks with Tribune Media about a possible combination, according to a report by Reuters.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. reported a fourth quarter earnings boost Wednesday that missed analysts' estimates, but the chairman of the Hunt Valley-based

Broadcast television is poised to transform the way it reaches viewers under advances in technology that have long been backed by Baltimore-based Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. announced a series of executive promotions Friday, the second round of senior management changes since longtime CEO David D. Smith said earlier this month he plans to shift from day to day operations to focus on ushering in a new broadcast platform.

Executives of Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. expect significant deregulation in the broadcast industry under a Donald Trump presidency, company officials said Wednesday.

David Smith, the longtime CEO of Sinclair Broadcast Group will become executive chairman, as the Baltimore television company reshuffles its executive suite, promoting its chief financial officer to president and CEO.

Sinclair Broadcast Group said Wednesday it plans to buy the Tennis Channel, an independent sports cable channel that airs 90 percent of U.S. live tennis, for $350 million.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. saw earnings decrease in a third quarter marked by TV station acquisitions and new program offerings, the Hunt Valley-based company reported Wednesday.

A Baltimore County circuit judge reversed a jury verdict that awarded $1.8 million in damages to a White Hall farmer embroiled in a long-simmering land lease dispute with the CEO of Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group.

The company attributed the better-than-expected results partly to higher "retransmission consent fees," or fees that cable and satellite providers pay broadcasters to include their signals in channel lineups.

A Baltimore County jury has awarded nearly $2 million in damages to a White Hall farmer embroiled in a long-simmering land lease dispute with the CEO of Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. reported that its first quarter earnings slipped 10 percent to $24.3 million in the first quarter on reduced political and Super Bowl advertising.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. has started a new division to invest in emerging digital technologies and companies that create digital content, part of an effort to attract viewers and advertisers to the TV station owner's digital channels.

TV station acquisitions and strong political advertising gave a boost to Sinclair Broadcast Group's sales and earnings in the fourth quarter, the company reported Wednesday.

Ravens offensive tackle Eugene Monroe has more than four years left on his team contract, but he's already trying his hand at another game: real estate. The 27-year-old player founded a development firm in February with a former college teammate. The business, 4th Down Partners, is one of a group of investors in the $250 million redevelopment planned between Federal Hill and M&T Bank Stadium in Sharp-Leadenhall.

A simmering feud over who controls a Baltimore County farm — its new CEO owner or its longtime tenant — boiled over when the CEO recently had the farmer's corn crop plowed under in an effort to remediate the land.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. plans to create original television programs to air in prime time and on weekend afternoons on the broadcaster's MyNet and CW stations.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. turned in a better-than-expected second quarter Wednesday, thanks to strong advertising sales and lower expenses to operate its television stations.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. has launched a college sports network that will be broadcast on Sinclair-owned television stations, the Hunt Valley-based broadcaster said Thursday.

Sinclair Broadcast Group boosted revenue and profit in the first quarter, citing better-than-expected spending on political advertising, strong gains from Super Bowl and Olympics ads and lower expenses at many of the company's television stations.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. is one of several large broadcasters that could be forced to sell television stations or other assets or rethink future acquisition plans under new media ownership rules the Federal Communications Commission is set to consider later this month.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. plans to buy back up to $100 million of its common shares.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. capped a year of strong broadcast revenue growth and station acquisitions with a 33 percent jump in fourth quarter sales but a drop in profit as the Hunt Valley company paid off debt.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. saw profits for the third quarter jump 38 percent, benefiting from strength in television advertising and growth in revenue from fees broadcasters charge cable TV companies to carry their signals.

Former Baltimore City Circuit Judge Basil A. Thomas whose legal career spanned more than seven decades, died Friday of congestive heart failure at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 98.

Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. said Wednesday it plans to buy eight television stations from New Age Media for $90 million, continuing a string of recent station acquisitions.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. said Wednesday second quarter net income fell 41 percent to $17.8 million, or 19 cents per share, from a net income of $30.1 million, or 37 cents per share in the comparable period a year ago.