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That is definitely non-standard.

The ADA does not require employers to provide health insurance, nor does it mandate specific coverage levels for disabled employees. However, under Title I, employers who offer health insurance cannot discriminate against employees on the basis of disability in the terms or benefits of that coverage. Enforcement of these workplace protections falls under the EEOC. For disabled individuals navigating coverage options, traditional Medicare (Parts A and B) combined with Part D prescription coverage generally offers stronger protections and more predictable benefits than either private insurance or Medicare Advantage (Part C). While the ADA prohibits employers from terminating an employee solely because of a disability, it does not guarantee unconditional job security. Employees must still be able to perform the essential functions of their role, with or without reasonable accommodation.

I doubt the EU will approve it.

No doubt. I'm already talking to my AG.

The Justice Department has signed off on the $110 billion Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, concluding after an eight-month investigation that the deal is "not likely to result in harm to competition or American consumers." This is really difficult to take that at face value. This merges two of Hollywood's oldest studios, combining CBS, Paramount+, HBO Max, CNN, and a suite of cable channels under one roof controlled by David Ellison, son of Oracle's Larry Ellison and a Trump ally. Over 1,000 entertainment professionals sent an open letter calling this out as further concentrating an already concentrated market. The DOJ reviewed two million documents and heard from extensive third parties. That doesn't scream confidence in the outcome. It screams "we covered ourselves." We must also consider recent actions of Bari Weiss. Ellison installed her as CBS News editor-in-chief, and one of her first major moves was firing multiple "60 Minutes" correspondents at the end of the most recent season. Think about that timing: Weiss purges veteran CBS News talent while the acquisition is still pending DOJ clearance. Whether that was editorial housecleaning, ideological realignment, or a signal to Ellison's allies in Washington is a fair question nobody at DOJ apparently felt like asking. That's the part the "not harmful to competition" framing conveniently sidesteps. Competition in distribution is one thing. What happens to editorial independence when a Trump-aligned owner's hand-picked editor starts cutting staff at a 60-year-old news institution before the ink is even dry is another question entirely. State AGs in California and New York are still investigating. Senator Warren is calling it "terrible news for every American." The EU is reviewing the deal separately over its backing by three Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds: Saudi Arabia's PIF, Abu Dhabi's L'IMAD, and Qatar's QIA. This is not settled. Watch the AG actions. Source: NBC News

At that point, I don't think anyone is taking a CBS presidential debate tender seriously.

I don't think this is the same person: https://thevoiceovervoice.co.uk/female-voice-over-samples/

Not that this is specifically germane to this subject, but I expect The Weather Channel to be sold too. Allen has not invested in a pivot strategy for them. Hyper-targeting would keep the platform viable.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/media/republican-state-attorneys-general-join-suit-stop-nexstar-tegna-merger-rcna343016 Even though this doesn't do a damn thing except delay the inevitable. It's not a solution. Fuck the Ohio AG for being so transparent.

Failing station waiver to keep them? Idk.

And that comes with a pay cut.

Honestly, with all of the new-to-air content these days, who is watching syndicated reruns?

Was this package built in-house?

Maybe I'm not seeing this, but how are these package L3s any different from the Troika package?

Would this be a nail in the coffin for the 10/11PM newscast entirely?

I called this play out earlier. Nexstar won't play ethically, of course.

How is Scott a tool? Feel free to DM me if you want to discuss privately. I just haven't found that to be the case. From Harry's Biography: "Prior to launching TVNewsCheck in January 2006, Harry worked for more than 25 years as a reporter and editor for B&C (formerly Broadcasting). As the magazine’s top editor from 1997 to 2004, Harry moved the magazine from Washington to New York City and shifted its focus from law and regulation to programming and business". Harry is more concerned with profit. Public interest be damn.

I swear they just fired everyone, from the GM to the Engineers and the entire IT team. The website hasn't been updated since the deal closed. It's not even redirecting to http://wishtv.com. WRTV is now just a holding channel and network assets.

Rey Rodriguez designs everything. It will all be unified under a suite of packages designed by him and a SAM package because there is no independence now. Although if Nexstar has their way, all stations will unaffiliate from Network and solely run NewsNation I suppose be know similarly to CBS News stations (e.g., NewsNation Denver, NewsNation Sacramento, NewsNation Jacksonville, etc.). TEGNA Design Tank will be shut down to streamline things. Why invest in anything except the bare minimum while your business model dies and you can eek out more profits? Who cares about public interest mandates anyway? This is Vulture Capitalism.

The graphics will def be dropped though.

Nope! I don't think Standard General is going to be acquiring many more stations.

No. Nexstar isn't in the business of the public interest. Streaming doesn't pad the bottom line. While Nexstar could sell ads specifically for streaming, I suppose they calculated that it was more profitable to pump up the retransmission contracts. They don't care about "localism" at all. It's all bullshit. No indication yet. It's called lying. All corporations are good at it.

They are moving quickly so that the merger can't be unwound. It's disgusting.

For example, they could have spun off WATN to Mission, Cunningham or White Knight instead of TEGNA.

Does anyone besides me find it ironic that Nexstar went to the effort to spin off stations when it acquired Tribune, but is acquiring those stations again and won't be spinning them off again? To me that's essentially an indication that any stations they say that they will spin off is performative at best. In the legal sense, under the same essential leadership, Nexstar's current actions don't align with previous actions, indicating that they do intent to reduce the amount of journalistic voices. Also, the pretext that this will help them fend off big-tech is an indication that Nexstar doesn't, in fact, know how to use technology.