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Senator Durbin Statement On Tribune Withdrawal From Sinclair Mega-Merger

Senator Dick Durbin
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) (Source: Durbin.senate.gov)
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—August 9, 2018
By: Rosemary Piser

Senator Durbin (D-IL) today released the following statement after Tribune Media Company (Tribune) announced it was withdrawing from its $3.9 billion proposed mega-merger with Sinclair Broadcast Group (Sinclair):

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From day one, the proposed acquisition of the Tribune Media Company by the Sinclair Broadcast Group was not in the interest of the American people.   It threatened diversity and localism in broadcasting, it ignored the…

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