Durbin Announces Opposition to Sinclair Trib Media Merger Two weeks ago we queried Senator Durbin’s office as to the Senator’s position on the sale of Chicago-based Trib Media to Sinclair Broadcasting. This Monday we and all the readers of Crain’s…

The sale of Chicago-based Trib Media to Sinclair Broadcasting continues to be processed in the political sausage making process known as regulatory review in Washington sin any input from Chicago. B & C Magazine (Broadcasting and Cable) recently reported that…

Why is there no Chicago Television Institute? “They have been good corporate citizens. I strongly support the partnership between NBC Universal and Comcast.” And so stated Mayor Richard M. Daley before the Federal Communications Committee during hearings on Comcast’s proposed…

August 7th marked the FCC’s deadline for comments on the merger of Sinclair Broadcasting and Trib Media. As reported in trade papers such as Variety and Broadcasting and Cable, the main opposition came from smaller cable companies and their trade…