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Integrating the two cultures will probably be brutal, especially if a significant amount of staffers remain from the Circa 2002 and 2009 merger squabbles. Back then CNN and CBS News staff fought publicly over whose newsroom will be shuttered and who becomes just a brand. The 60 minute crew were said to be livid at the thought of anyone from CNN overseeing content. Dan Rather and staff leaked to the NY Times all but saying it was beneath them to be bossed by CNN staffers and end up merely as a brand. That squabble continued on the TVSpy watercooler and it was obvious it would be a disaster to merge them. Probably still true

they seem to be copying CW formula of just add sports and wait not necessarily, though 3 or more creditors can band together and force a bankruptsy. Scripps could do an LME and offer repayment priority to lenders who stretch the due out, spin off their better assets into a new company and borrow against that to repay lenders. Or just offer 10-11% interest from the current 9%+ to have their due date bumped up. there's an odd expectation or a rumor of a 2028-2030 broadcast UHF auction that sounds like what everyone's planning as an exit. Obama wanted UHF Ch 20+ to go mobile, that's 40x40MHz FDD or 96MHz TDD mode. All of UHF in TDD mode would be 126MHz, which isn't half bad. Leaving high VHF in ATSC 3 for repack. Another is a spin off ala Versant of smaller non-core stations to become someone else's problem. Either way If political advertising comes below the $11B projection for 2026 Scripps and Sinclair, would more likely be restructuring, 2027 being an off year they might end up cash strapped. 3Q2026 will give us a hint.

That's the dream from late 90s. Viacom and Time Warner considered merging CNN and CBS News to save money several times, first around the dotcom bubble and last time after the '08 crash. CBS News was going to be nothing more than a brand on the air, with CNN operating everything behind the scenes, but Dan Rather hated the idea so much he and staff leaked it to the NYTimes. He's allegedly part reason why it fell through because CBS Newsers wouldn't give up control of the news, they wanted the reverse - take control of CNN's background ops and have it act as CBS News extension

In the future lawsuit WINK: "we communicated internally to protect staff..." Who are apparently getting harassed in DMs. It goes both ways Devitt chose to go online and lie he was blindsided, when in reality he wasn't. WINK warned him repeatedly going back to 2024, and coworkers reported him to HR. He could have gone to his page and said he decided a year ago not to renew, that he and WINK decided to separate 2 months early before his contract expired, and that he will have an exciting announcement soon. Now he's making it sound as if his FB page was taken by WINK, when it could be Meta disabling it because he was verified as a WINK News asset. I wonder if his agent dropped him, he's not behaving like someone who is being advised

He Used company time, tried poaching employees while actively employed - meaning those he approached reported him to HR WINK will have to sign away their rights to whatever he was building. if he really did sign an acknowledgement letter, his agent/lawyer cleared it, anyone partaking with equity in the venture is fully exposed to litigation and more than likely doesn't own what they invested in And he keeps talking, after WINK took his Facebook page

That blinking square is giving me a judge Judy eyeroll. I'm sure the consultants love it

all of this. I ran into WPLG's new thing the other day - one of their new meteorologists who's arguably wrapped in her own persona starts her social media forecasts as "your weather bestie". The comments are skin crawling. Not as bad as the post of another onair talent, I forget which station but wasn't in Miami, replying back to a creepy guy's comment about her beautiful feet with thanks and heart emojis Actually, еven 10 years ago you could tell people were commenting in a way to elicit response and get noticed by talent. I'm starting to think they're all building a sycophant following and that's pretty much who's left watching linear broadcast.

where specifically does it say it's a sidecar for FBMC? This would be public information they nailed everything but the cheesy "honest, fair, everywhere" slogan, going to a 2-shot of the anchors sitting in front of yet another video wall followed by the bizzarre decision to come back to them as they stand next to their chairs with the laptops wide open

WINK News airs on WXCW the same way Local 10 News aired on WSFL-TV owned by someone else, nothing to do with ownership And if Schwartzel owned a % of WINK-TV he would have to be listed in the FCC Ownership disclosure report

They put Deco in Boston on WHDH many years ago, in the late 1990s but it struck out. I was asked once years ago how I see DecoDrive.com develop, told them it should carve out a niche like Perez Hilton/TMZ but they didn't want to invest in resources. Same as now, they don't really need to expand it, Deco rates better than or on par with Jeopardy/Wheel/ET whatever it was up against, so they've kept it going for little overhead. It is very South Florida centered, other than Deco news, all of the segments about events and businesses are for Fort Lauderdale/Miami/Miami Beach

Walter Cronkite, an elitist member of the Bohemian Grove masquerading as a journalist while paling around with the wealthy and powerful superelites, the voice of the Bohemian Grove owl rituals on his own volition. Bastion of honesty that one really

Sounds like they didn't want to pay Devitt's salary anymore https://www.facebook.com/share/1BWUDmch2R/

somebody at KSDK reads this board, the desk is now centered as of today's show it wasn't yesterday

Could be a chopper pool if they share. Is there a pool in Philly? Wplg references a SKY10 during the news but there isn't one any more. 7 Skyforce in the AM traffic reports is actually MetroTraffic's helicopter, and Sunbeam are paying more to get live hits with Steven Gray instead of just video

makes sense, as there is no Chopper 6 anymore since the crash in 2023

Google Earth from October 2025 shows the footings of the new building. The red circle marks the spot where they'll have a ~5000 fq ft circle 7 logo

they're banking on retrans, meanwhile issuing bonds for $2.75B to give $2.25B to Comcast down another 5.3% so far today, 6.3%, -7.37% while I was typing, Comcast down 3% should note, Comcast stock owners got VSNT A or VSNT B shares for every 25 Comcast shares, that's who's dumping their bags at least partially

Like I said, people were farming likes and engagement, they don't care and didn't donate to PBS Also,, the fact the CPB never went to the FCC to ask for a rule change allowing NCE designated channels to air ads and collect reteans fees

Versant stock VSNT fell 13% on its debut day https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/01/05/comcast-spinoff-versant-vsnt-trading-debut-nasdaq.html

More sloppy. The anchor desk isn't centered in the two-shot, and neither are the anchors

Mike Bush reminiscing about how he built the 'Sport Plus' set with old carpet scraps because no budget

What blatant lies and misinformation, specifically, were not pushed back on? Enumerate them. Also, Hegseth just oversaw a successfull mission while being totally and completely unqualified according to some online rando, and factually: he was a platoon leader in Iraq, and couneterinsurgency instructor in Afghanistan, it's okay it's patently obvious you have no clue what that means. He also has a political degree from Princeton, and Public Policy degree from Harvard. How was Pete Buttagage qualified to be the transport secretary with an art degree and a history degree? I take what I said back. Not just childish, childish ill informed tantrums as we all know, this is only bad if Bari did it now that she's not on our side, and it's never ever happened before. Not like CNN's chief Pentagon shill Barbara Starr did it for decades while lying us into Iraq. I LOVE the Lowe's 'Builder Special' wood they used, it gives the anchor desk a nice jooj to complement my fellow, handsome Slavbro

Tegna being Tegna, they really just moved into a plain, vanilla office building like that. At least employees are so thrilled to finally have windows

The lead of a news network is doing exactly what he should be, an extensive live interview with the US Secretary of War, or former Fox host if you're childish, who is fresh out of overseing an important and consequential military event.

Not necessarily. Nexstar's first lease option was in 2034, likely had the typical 2-5% per year lease increase (plus insurance, property tax, maintenance), they bought the building for less than it sold for in 2017. So with the lease they're paying 2-5% more each year for an asset that didn't appreciate in 9 years, mortgage is probably costing them less overall and they get to take advantage of depreciation to lower taxable income. The seller is also in distress going through foreclosures and if Nexstar's lease was subordinate - recorded after the mortgage - the lender or next note owner has the right to terminate the lease, not a situation to be in.