Groups Join Call for Sinclair/Tribune to Be Held in Abeyance
The FCC should hold Sinclair buying Tribune in abeyance until after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rules on the UHF discount, said a joint letter in docket 17-179 from many opposed to the deal, including Cinemoi,…
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the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians-CWA, Newsmax and National Hispanic Media Coalition. They supported a motion by Public Knowledge and Common Cause (see 1806280055). An FCC ruling approving the deal before the court rules “opens the door for the newly-formed company to impose long-lasting public interest harms,” the new letter said. Sinclair has said there is no legal reason for the agency to wait (see 1807060033).