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Newsmax Wants Delay Of Sinclair-Tribune

by TVNewsCheck

Newsmax Media wants the FCC to slow its review of Sinclair Broadcast Group’s proposed $3.9 billion purchase of Tribune Media, saying the deal raises concerns about media concentration. “I am calling for delay,” Christopher Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax, a conservative outlet with a 24-hour cable news channel, said in an interview. “I think it needs more vetting.”