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  1. GoldenShine9
    Could be a combination of that as well as the fact that odd-numbered years are very lean for stations without the political ads. (A few exceptions do exist, as KY, LA and MS have state races, but otherwise it's quiet.) Also, the Super Bowl is on Fox, which Gray is a little leaner with (they have far more CBS and NBC affiliates).
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    He needs to go far, far away.
  3. GoldenShine9
    They have also done nothing to solve any of the issues, particularly how it will essentially be one company. The clock is likely to run out on this one.
  4. GoldenShine9
    "De facto" doesn't matter. It's not part of the official Columbus market.
  5. GoldenShine9
    All the other major TV companies are in the same position. Ironically, they had Tegna in the best shape, despite the proxy wars and attempted sale.
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    If the deal dies, I can guarantee that Soo Kim will sue Tegna to the moon.
  7. GoldenShine9
    Not their problem. It's a different market.
  8. GoldenShine9
    There's always InfoWars for her.
  9. GoldenShine9
    That hour might end up with station owner-produced programming as well, instead of newscasts, on some stations, according to what executives are thinking.
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    The blackmailing by Soo Kim has been ridiculous. IMO, if they went with the Allen deal, it would be done by now. I can think of a few other paths once the outside date comes: 1) Stay with the status quo, but that may be impossible with lawsuit threats. 2) Find another option and merge with them, create a new company (presumably as Tegna) with a mix of people and block out Soo Kim. One possibility is acquiring the Hearst stations, have some Hearst people involved in the new company and shove Soo Kim and Standard General (and Apollo) to the curb. Can it be done without hedge funds of any kind though? 3) Accept the Allen offer, but they didn't the first time...
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    They were much more straightforward though. The former involved stations that largely fit each other cleanly and the latter was involving low-rated stations and creating duopolies that were legal. There are many complications here - hedge funds involved, no clarity on overlapping markets and foreign ownership laws.
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    It could be heading for rejection. Tegna's best play right now might be to walk away.
  13. GoldenShine9
    It seems the foreign money may be what kills the deal thanks to the ownership being hedge funds based in the BVI and Caymans.
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    In most cases, that would be good to have a 3 hour delayed Nightly News at 10:00. If there is really big news, they could have a special live one produced at 10:00 PT (1:00 ET). If local news started at 10:30 pm (9:30 pm CT) or 10:35 pm (9:35 pm CT), they could have an hour-long late news or some other special if the 11:00 pm (10:00 pm CT) half hour stayed with affiliates. Otherwise, late night shows starting at 11:05 pm (10:05 pm CT)? (My preference would be 1 hour with affiliates, from 10:35 to 11:35, for hour-long late newscasts or news/sports shows or the like).
  15. GoldenShine9
    It's in a tiny market, but Gray has fired KNOP's News Director, Melanie Standiford, for actively promoting pro-life (or anti-abortion) causes. It's become quite controversial (and understandably so, in an extremely conservative area).
  16. GoldenShine9
    I can see this becoming the large-market Gray package for the bigger stations, say up to DMA 50 to 60. However, I think the honeycomb package will be the default small-market package (i.e., below 100). The mid-market stations could go either way. Stations like WBTV, WBRC, WOIO and WVUE I could see getting something like this.
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    WUPA would be an excellent piece to sell. Maybe WSB could make CBS they can't refuse and tie it to them. Nexstar would probably love WUPA as an O&O but they are capped out.
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    They have sent some staff to southwest Florida as well to cover for all Gray stations. Since Gray only has two news operations in the Florida Peninsula (in the two smallest markets), they don't have much presence there to provide larger coverage.
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    Local News Live seems to have changed to a "hybrid" of the Honeycomb and the old Meredith graphics. I suspect the larger market stations will get future graphics similar to the existing Meredith set.
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    WMBB has gone full circle though, reuniting with most of its old siblings.
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    As smaller stations, I could see all, or almost all, the ex-Quincy stations getting the "honeycomb" package, which seems to be the smaller market package.
  22. GoldenShine9
    Have they also hired a Spanish-language news team for the Telemundo expansion?
  23. GoldenShine9
    Excellent choice by KWCH. They needed to get rid of the Media General-era logo, which made them look like a Nexstar station.
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    Fayetteville is an odd one, since there are no Gray stations in NW Arkansas, and the prospects aren't great of acquiring one - the most likely scenario I can see is that Tegna and Standard collapse, then acquires Hearst, leaving Gray with the leftovers.
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    If this turns out successful, I wonder if this experiment will transfer to other Gray markets?
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