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Sinclair is facing criticism again — this time over its weather reporting.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group aims to be nation's biggest media company in five years and expects a boost from legalized sports betting, CEO tells shareholders.
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I have news for Democratic candidates who are thinking they can glean votes from those who watch Fox News in prime time: Dream on.
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The Hunt Valley-based broadcast group's sales grew nearly 8.5% to $722.1 million, but earnings were down more than 15%.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group will partner with the owner of The Weather Channel to buy 21 regional sports networks and Fox College Sports from The Walt Disney Co. for $10.6 billion, the companies announced Friday.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group is poised reportedly to buy a group of 21 Fox regional sports networks from Disney in a deal to be announced perhaps as early as this week.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. boosted sales and beat profit estimates in the final three months of the year, the company reported Wednesday.
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Sinclair Broadcast and Chicago Cubs will run a Chicago-based regional sports network through a joint venture announced Wednesday.
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Sinclair Broadcast announced Wednesday it is launching a streaming TV service called STIRR that would include round-the-clock local news and national programming.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group announced a joint venture with a South Korean wireless communications company to offer mobile TV and other services through a next generation broadcasting standard.
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President Donald Trump is struggling to control the media message in a way not seen before in his presidency.
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Baltimore-area businesses weathered failed deals, layoffs, closings and restructuring in 2018. But some started new chapters by expanding or merging, and new development sprouted all over and one new industry spread like a weed.
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Sun media critic David Zurawik elaborates on his review of Sinclair's year on the Z on TV blog, and in print this weekend.
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Last year at this time, the Sinclair Broadcast Group was riding about as high as a media company can ride these days. But what a difference 12 months have made for this Baltimore-based broadcaster.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group distanced itself Wednesday from an opinion segment on immigration by its chief political analyst Boris Epshteyn, which the network required its stations to run.
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Sinclair reports strong third quarter earnings, exceeding expectations.
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Antitrust lawsuits against Sinclair Broadcast Group have been consolidated in federal court.
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Baltimore County executive candidates Johnny Olszewski Jr. and Al Redmer Jr. met in their only televised debate Wednesday afternoon.
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As our politics move from crazy to crazy and fevered with the battle over the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh totally on and midterms just around the corner, it is fascinating to watch the Trump propaganda machine gear up. Enter stage right: Sean Hannity and Boris Epshteyn.
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Democratic incumbent Brian Frosh and his Republican challenger, Craig Wolf, have agreed to two debates in Maryland's attorney general race. But deciding when and where they should be has become contentious.
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Sinclair Broadcast filed a counterclaim Wednesday in the breach of contract lawsuit by former merger partner Tribune Media.
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An investigation by the FCC's inspector general has found no favoritism toward Sinclair Broadcast, the FCC Chairman said Monday.
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After the collapse of the $3.9 billion Sinclair/Tribune merger, Sinclair will likely have its hand full fighting the $1 billion Tribune lawsuit and allegations of “misrepresentation” by the FCC. But merger opponents expect no change in the long run in the broadcaster's goals for growth.
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I'll be honest, some weeks I don’t know if I’m evolving to a higher ethical plane or losing my journalistic religion bit by bit as I struggle to communicate what I see as President Trump’s toxic effects on American media and culture.
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Tribune Media Co. announced Thursday morning that it terminated the controversial $3.7 billion merger with Sinclair Broadcast Group, citing regulatory hurdles.
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Sinclair's image problem: The CEO of the company it was about to partner with and the chair of the FCC are both calling its conduct into question — and one of them is willing to take on the president of the United States who appointed him and the other is going to court to prove it.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group continues to work with Tribune Media Co. to win approval of their controversial proposed $3.9 billion merger despite hitting a potentially deal-ending roadblock with federal regulators last month.
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Law firm files antitrust suit accusing Sinclair, other broadcasters artificially inflating ad prices
A law firm has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the nation’s five largest owners of local television stations, including Sinclair Broadcast Group, accusing them of artificially inflating the price of advertisements.
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President Trump signaled this week just how important the Sinclair-Tribune deal is for him.
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If anyone still thought President Trump didn’t see Sinclair in political terms as part of his media support system, his Tuesday night tweet denouncing the FCC for not granting approval for the Maryland company's purchase of Tribune Media should dispel that notion.
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After more than a year, Sinclair Broadcast appeared to be close to finalizing its controversial deal to acquire rival Tribune Media for $3.9 billion when its apparent derailment was triggered by an unlikely key player - the head of the FCC.
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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.
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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.
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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai issued a statement Monday expressing serious concerns about the proposed Sinclair-Tribune merger, putting the $3.9 billion deal in jeopardy
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Sinclair Broadcast will reportedly launch a free streaming TV service this year, BuzzFeed reported
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Donald Trump isn't commanding free media the way he once did.
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Two "Bottom Line with Boris" segments by former Trump aide Boris Epshteyn approach the line between commentary and propaganda and blow right past it.
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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.
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Fox Broadcasting Co. will buy some of the 23 Sinclair Broadcast Group television stations that the broadcaster will sell in its bid to win federal approval of its proposed multi-billion dollar takeover of Tribune Media.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group has removed its network affiliate TV stations from the Playstation Vue streaming service in a dispute with Sony
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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.
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Twenty two senators have asked the FCC chairman to pause Sinclair Broadcast's proposed acquisition of Tribune.
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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.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group and several partners plan to build out the infrastructure to run a trial of Next Generation TV, a new mobile-friendly broadcast transmission standard, in the Dallas television market.
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The FCC said Thursday it is stopping the self-imposed clock on its review of Sinclair Broadcast Group's planned $1.3 billion acquisition of Tribune Media.
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Sinclair Broadcast announced renewals and extensions of its affiliations with ABC stations
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Baltimore Gas & Electric plans to pass on about $82 million in tax savings to customers as a result of federal tax reform that lowered the corporate tax rate.
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From agriculture and manufacturing to military contracting and natural gas production, Maryland's economy is diverse.
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Baltimore’s biggest business names experienced a busy year in 2017 — from Under Armour and McCormick & Co. to Sinclair Broadcast Group.
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Fox might be the most prominent platform to have become more politically emboldened since the election of President Donald Trump, but it is only one of several that have taken a more partisan turn or made clear their intentions of serving the president’s goals in 2017.
