sinclair broadcast group

• Opinion

More criticism for Sinclair over 'code red' weather warnings

Sinclair is facing criticism again — this time over its weather reporting.

By David Zurawik

Jun 17, 2019

• Business

Sinclair Broadcast looks for boost from sports betting, CEO tells shareholders

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.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jun 6, 2019

• Opinion

Zurawik: Why Democrats need to take moral high road and just say no to Fox town halls

I have news for Democratic candidates who are thinking they can glean votes from those who watch Fox News in prime time: Dream on.

By David Zurawik

May 22, 2019

• Business

Sinclair Broadcast boosts revenue in first quarter but misses earnings estimates

The Hunt Valley-based broadcast group's sales grew nearly 8.5% to $722.1 million, but earnings were down more than 15%.

By Lorraine Mirabella

May 8, 2019

• Business

Sinclair Broadcast Group to buy Fox regional sports networks from Disney for $10.6 billion

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.

By Lorraine Mirabella

May 3, 2019

• Business

Sinclair Broadcast reportedly poised to buy Fox regional sports networks from Disney

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.

• Business

Sinclair Broadcast Group beats fourth quarter profit estimates

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. boosted sales and beat profit estimates in the final three months of the year, the company reported Wednesday.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Feb 27, 2019

• Business

Sinclair Broadcast Group and Chicago Cubs will run Chicago sports network

Sinclair Broadcast and Chicago Cubs will run a Chicago-based regional sports network through a joint venture announced Wednesday.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Feb 13, 2019

• Business

Sinclair Broadcast launches STIRR streaming service

Sinclair Broadcast announced Wednesday it is launching a streaming TV service called STIRR that would include round-the-clock local news and national programming.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jan 16, 2019

• Business

Sinclair Broadcast forms mobile TV venture with South Korean wireless company

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.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jan 8, 2019

• Opinion

The end of a very bad year for Trump's right-wing message machine

President Donald Trump is struggling to control the media message in a way not seen before in his presidency.

By David Zurawik

Dec 31, 2018

• Maryland

2018 in Baltimore business: Broken deals, layoffs and closings, but also new development and hope for future

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.

• Podcast

How Sinclair's plans to challenge FOX News went bust

Sun media critic David Zurawik elaborates on his review of Sinclair's year on the Z on TV blog, and in print this weekend.

By Dan Rodricks

Dec 14, 2018

• Opinion

Sinclair 2018: Even having a friend in the Oval Office couldn't save this troubled year

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.

By David Zurawik

Dec 14, 2018

• Sinclair Broadcast Group

Sinclair: Boris Epshteyn's immigration opinions in must-run segment 'do not reflect the views' of network

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.

By Colin Campbell

Nov 28, 2018

• Business

Sinclair reports third-quarter earnings that beat expectations

Sinclair reports strong third quarter earnings, exceeding expectations.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Nov 7, 2018

• Business

Judge consolidates antitrust lawsuits against Sinclair Broadcast

Antitrust lawsuits against Sinclair Broadcast Group have been consolidated in federal court.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Oct 12, 2018

• Maryland

Baltimore County executive candidates Redmer, Olszewski face off in lone TV debate

Baltimore County executive candidates Johnny Olszewski Jr. and Al Redmer Jr. met in their only televised debate Wednesday afternoon.

By Pamela Wood

Oct 10, 2018

• Opinion

Watching the Trump propaganda machine gearing up on Kavanaugh, midterms

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.

By David Zurawik

Sep 24, 2018

• Politics

In Maryland attorney general race, a debate over debates

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.

By Luke Broadwater

Sep 14, 2018

• Business

Sinclair Broadcast countersues former merger partner Tribune

Sinclair Broadcast filed a counterclaim Wednesday in the breach of contract lawsuit by former merger partner Tribune Media.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Aug 29, 2018

• Business

Report finds FCC Chairman showed no favoritism toward Sinclair Broadcast

An investigation by the FCC's inspector general has found no favoritism toward Sinclair Broadcast, the FCC Chairman said Monday.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Aug 27, 2018

• Business

Sinclair Broadcast may have little wiggle room to grow after Tribune breakup

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.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Aug 18, 2018

• Opinion

Covering Trump as media figure challenges my core journalistic beliefs more and more

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.

By David Zurawik

Aug 16, 2018

• Business

Tribune Media pulls out of Sinclair Broadcast merger, sues Sinclair for $1 billion

Tribune Media Co. announced Thursday morning that it terminated the controversial $3.7 billion merger with Sinclair Broadcast Group, citing regulatory hurdles.

By Meredith Cohn

Aug 9, 2018

• Opinion

Zurawik: Sinclair's grab for power, glory leaves it a badly damaged brand facing $1 billion lawsuit

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.

By David Zurawik

Aug 9, 2018

• Business

Sinclair and Tribune considering options for stalled $3.9 billion merger as financing expires

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.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Aug 8, 2018

• Business

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.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Aug 1, 2018

• Opinion

Zurawik: Trump, Sinclair and FCC — can presidential tweets save a dying deal?

President Trump signaled this week just how important the Sinclair-Tribune deal is for him.

By David Zurawik

Jul 26, 2018

• Opinion

Trump calls FCC action against Sinclair 'sad, unfair, disgraceful'

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.

By David Zurawik

Jul 24, 2018

• Business

Sinclair Broadcasts's $3.9 billion Tribune deal appeared on track before sudden derailment

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.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jul 22, 2018

• Business

FCC questions public interest in Sinclair Broadcast's deal for Tribune

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.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jul 19, 2018

• Business

FCC orders hearing even as Sinclair changes plans to sell TV stations to address concerns about Tribune deal

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.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jul 18, 2018

• Business

Sinclair-Tribune merger in jeopardy after FCC Chairman expresses 'serious concerns'

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

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jul 16, 2018

• Business

Sinclair Broadcast will reportedly launch a free streaming TV service this year

Sinclair Broadcast will reportedly launch a free streaming TV service this year, BuzzFeed reported

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jul 11, 2018

• Opinion

Trump's TV messaging machine not looking quite so mighty these days

Donald Trump isn't commanding free media the way he once did.

By David Zurawik

Jul 11, 2018

• Opinion

Busy week of kissing up to Trump for Sinclair's Boris Epshteyn

Two "Bottom Line with Boris" segments by former Trump aide Boris Epshteyn approach the line between commentary and propaganda and blow right past it.

By David Zurawik

Jun 22, 2018

• Business

Opponents of Sinclair Broadcast takeover of Tribune Media protest outside shareholders meeting

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.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jun 7, 2018

• Business

Fox to buy Sinclair Broadcast stations in Tribune Media deal

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.

By Lorraine Mirabella

May 9, 2018

• Business

Sinclair removes its TV stations from Playstation Vue

Sinclair Broadcast Group has removed its network affiliate TV stations from the Playstation Vue streaming service in a dispute with Sony

By Lorraine Mirabella

May 4, 2018

• Business

Sinclair Broadcast Chairman Smith earned $6.6 million last year

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.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Apr 26, 2018

• Federal Communications Commission

Senators ask FCC chairman to pause Sinclair/Tribune merger

Twenty two senators have asked the FCC chairman to pause Sinclair Broadcast's proposed acquisition of Tribune.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Apr 26, 2018

• Business

Sinclair Broadcast, Tribune Media announce plans to sell TV stations to move merger forward

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.

• Business

Sinclair Broadcast will test new broadcast standard in Dallas market

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.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jan 17, 2018

• Business

FCC delays review of Sinclair Broadcast's acquisition of Tribune Media

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.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jan 11, 2018

• Business

Sinclair Broadcast renews ABC affiliations

Sinclair Broadcast announced renewals and extensions of its affiliations with ABC stations

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jan 10, 2018

• Business

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. wants to pass on $82M in tax savings to customers after federal tax reform

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.

By Sarah Gantz

Jan 5, 2018

• Hospitals and Clinics

Top Maryland employers

From agriculture and manufacturing to military contracting and natural gas production, Maryland's economy is diverse.

• Business

Year in Review: Top Business Stories

Baltimore’s biggest business names experienced a busy year in 2017 — from Under Armour and McCormick & Co. to Sinclair Broadcast Group.

• Opinion

Conservative media rising in Trump's America

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.

By David Zurawik

Dec 22, 2017