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  1. mardek1995
    But do any of Fox's MyNetworkTV stations have any hours of news on their own?
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    I don't think that counts though.
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    In fact, why donsn't Fox do the same thing with all their MyNetworkTV stations? Doesn't Hearst do the same thing on their Me-TV subchannels?
  4. mardek1995
    Not to mention that by this August (for reasons already stated in the WHDH losing NBC thread), they'll also own the largest non-O&O NBC affiliate (WXIA), which effectively means they'll own the largest non-O&O affiliates of 3 of the big 4 networks. And even if they were to sell WFAA, they still have their 3 flagships, one of which is TEGNA's DC bureau. And Gannett is a pure-play newspaper business (digital newspapers more than ever) now.
  5. mardek1995
    Fox is, but TEGNA doesn't own nearly as many fox affiliates as they do affiliates of the other 3 networks, in fact, they only own 2 and one's a semi-satellite of the other Ironically, Tribune's split didn't go so well. In fact, unlike Gannett, Tribune Publishing has a pretty big debt load (but as tyrannical bastard said, it's still smaller than TEGNA's) and Tribune Media isn't faring much better, especially since the fcc won't let them sell off all their properties.
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    It's also because (and I'll say it again) TEGNA owns the 3 largest affiliates of ABC, NBC, and CBS
  7. mardek1995
    More may come thanks to TEGNA's buyouts, specifically at WFAA. And as I've said before, they'd be better off selling WFAA than keeping it and some of the station's personnel accepting buyouts, but seeing as how by this August they'll own the largest non-O&O affiliates of ABC (WFAA), NBC (WXIA), and CBS (WUSA) and keep them all, I digress
  8. mardek1995
    WFAA losing it's affiliation and it getting sold to Hearst are both unlikely scenerios especially, as I have just mentioned, that by August, they will effectively own the largest non-O&O stations for ABC, NBC, and CBS
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    It's presumably the same reason why TEGNA still kept WUSA, WXIA, and KHOU, which I still think they'll keep. Besides, even if they sell WFAA (largest non-O&O ABC affiliate and largest non-O&O affiliate of any network), WUSA (largest non-O&O CBS affiliate) and WXIA (soon to be the largest non-O&O NBC affiliate) already earn the company a lot more money than most of their other stations (not that they'll sell any of them)
  10. mardek1995
    Yeah, but with TEGNA's huge debt load, wouldn't they be better off selling it rather than keeping it?
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    How do you know that?
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    Where'd you get that information? And anyway, can any TEGNA employee that takes the buyouts work for any of the other station groups?
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    and possibly some of the stations as well
  14. mardek1995
    At this rate, I wouldn't be surprised if WFAA or even any of TEGNA's three flagships are next
  15. mardek1995
    Is every one of TEGNA's stations going through buyouts?
  16. mardek1995
    And it was on KXAN, no doubt, though seeing as how Nexstar's headquarters are here in the DFW area (or more specifically, in Irving), it kind of makes sense. Well Mr. Sook, I've got an idea: after the FCC incentive auction, why not bring back the Station Venture Holdings (this time being Station Venture Holdings II, LLC), complete with NBC 5 DFW and NBC 7/39 with NBC having a majority stake on both stations (76% to be exact, while Nexstar will have a 24% stake). This time, it's in exchange for a minority stake in WFLA and KXAN (NBC owning 24%, while Nexstar will own the majority (74%)).
  17. mardek1995
    I know right? I myself would've expected KCEN to get it before KAGS if not at the same time.
  18. mardek1995
    At least they have a new website layout (though I'm not sure about that, or if they'll switch to an updated version of their rendition of Lakana). Other than that, they're right up there with Sinclair, yet both are below Scripps for worst station group.
  19. mardek1995
    But then KNXV will stumble again a few years later. And though KPNX disconnected itself from the Arizona Republic, it didn't do so entirely considering that Gannett's newspapers still work with TEGNA's stations. One thing you forgot about is, what about Fox 10?
  20. mardek1995
    In that case, shouldn't Hearst own up to 50% of Me-TV? In part because of the Falcons' games on Fox 5 ATL (WAGA). Speaking of TEGNitis, WFAA is now struggling to keep their position as market leader according to the recent sweeps results, which were posted on the Feb 2016 sweeps post. There's no way that WXIA would drop the 11Alive branding again because just like in 93/94, viewers would still be pissed about the change in the longtime branding. However, a new logo for 11Alive is more likely. In large part because The Simpsons was a very popular show and was still in its heyday when WAGA and WJW rebounded.
  21. mardek1995
    But here's the thing, Scripps owns ABC stations in larger markets (WFTS, and KNXV for example) than Hearst's ABC stations (except WCVB/WMUR).
  22. mardek1995
    I wish. If I did own shares of both Scripps and Disney/ABC though, I would advocate that ABC own 20% of Scripps. If they really don't, my guess is that Scripps purposely cheapened itself so that it wouldn't be bought by anyone.
  23. mardek1995
    To raise them up. The risk factor being the reason why I think they should only invest up to 20% to minimize risk in case the venture fails.
  24. mardek1995
    More like, why is it that people are always doubtful that ABC would ever buy any station?
  25. mardek1995
    Then ABC having a 20% stake on Scripps (and/or maybe buying it altogether, except for non-ABC assets and KIVI/KSAW-LD) isn't so ridiculous now, is it? Besides that, Scripps was already losing money even before cheapening the stations.
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