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The MVPD-distributed home of the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Nets play-by-play coverage and associated shoulder programming could soon wind up in the hands of a group of investors that includes the company that won't be building its "HQ2" second quarters in Long Island City -- and a company that won't soon be merging with Tribune Media.

Meredith Corp. is further tapping into the synergies presented by one of its more recent acquisitions — a big lifestyle brand in the print and digital world. Coming this fall is a daily offering based on a weekend program set to air across its O&Os, with non-owned stations eyed.

CBS on February 20 agreed to issue and sell a sizable aggregate principal amount of its 4.200% Senior Notes due 2029. The notes were issued and sold on Tuesday, with no less than five underwriters involved.

A notable political consultant and New Orleans resident will be the opening keynote speaker for Media Finance Focus 2019, the 59th annual conference for the Media Financial Management Association and its BCCA subsidiary, the media industry’s credit association. 

The PBS NewsHour is getting a West Coast Bureau, and will allow for public television's signature nightly broadcast to better serve audiences on the West Coast and online, while continuing the NewsHour expansion into a 24/7 news operation.

How much will automotive dealers, local dealer associations and manufacturers spend on local ads across the U.S. this year? BIA Advisory Services has an answer.

Les Mooves is gone. So is former CFO Lawrence Tu. That could make a March 12 appearance by the President and acting CEO of CBS Corp. at the Deutsche Bank 2019 Media, Internet & Telecom Conference far more interesting than in previous years.

Until now, Preston Padden has served as the head of advocacy and government relations for the C-Band Alliance, following a lengthy career that includes a role as President of the ABC Television Network. Now, Padden is shifting to a consultant role, with a successor en route.

As RBR+TVBR reported on Monday, Gray Television is bolstering its position in a big Virginia college town by acquiring one of the nation's top NBC affiliates. To get the deal done, it is spinning its CBS, ABC and FOX affiliates. On Tuesday, financial details became known.

After a "rollercoaster" end to 2018, the Q4 media earnings season was essentially a "snoozer" in the eyes of top Wall Street financial analyst Michael Nathanson. As his team processes its post-4Q earnings takeaways, it sees very little changes to 2019 expectations.

On January 22, a company that is expected to reunite with CBS Corporation revealed that it had spent $340 million to acquire a free streaming television service serving U.S. consumers. The deal formally closed prior to the Opening Bell on Wall Street Monday.

This wasn't supposed to happen, based on what was expected a year ago: Tribune Media is set to be gobbled up by Perry Sook's Nexstar, not Sinclair Broadcast Group. What is the health of the company Sook is set to get? It's stellar, with Tribune's EPS easily beating Wall Street estimates.

Better-than-expected revenue. Record free cash flow. Big midterm political ad spending and healthy subscriber growth. These are the key reasons, as The Motley Fool sees it, TEGNA had a tremendously positive Q4 and full-year 2018. Investors believe so, too, as shares were up by more than 14%

The E.W. Scripps Co. is no longer an owner of radio stations. But, it does own a top tech provider serving the audio media industry. And, it sees growth on MVPDs with its Newsy channel. This blueprint for driving Scripps into the 2020s seems to be working, based on its Q4 and full-year 2018 financial report.

In addition to many D.C. and industry speakers, ACA’s 26th Washington, D.C. Summit will feature a wide-ranging panel discussion on leadership and trends in today’s broadband industry, addressing competition, workforce issues and financial administration.