News provided by The Associated Press. One unfortunate casualty of media consolidation could be the objectivity of news at a time of rising tensions with China. CBS shareholders will own 72 percent of the company's shares, and Entercom shareholders will control 28 percent. KAMP-FM 97.1 (CHR) KCBS-FM 93.1 … Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The Justice Department is seeking an immediate ban on downloads of WeChat in Apple and Google app stores, saying the Chinese-owned messaging service is a threat to the security of the United States.
In July, the company filed for an IPO.
Sinclair would reach 72 percent of American households if it closes its acquisition of Tribune Media stations. It may be their / our (the free worlds) only option if freedom is still a value worth fighting for in a fragmented (see intersectionality) technological society. CBS Radio was a radio broadcasting company and radio network operator owned by CBS Corporation, and consolidated radio station groups owned by CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting/Group W since the 1920s and Infinity Broadcasting since the 1970s.
But other than ABC, Disney is relatively uninvolved in news.
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Which in turn is owned by shareholders as a publicly traded company.
In a statement, a Sinclair news executive said: "It is ironic that we would be attacked for messages promoting our journalistic initiative for fair and objective reporting, and for specifically asking the public to hold our newsrooms accountable.". Massive corporations dominate the U.S. media landscape.
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The merger will branch Entercom into Washington, D.C. and eight new states, including Minnesota.