Moi, Feb 1st 2016: > > > Moi, Dec 23, 2015: >> >> >> Moi, Sept 28 (with a correction; I always do that with large sums like >> these): >>> >>> >>> Moi, Sept 9: >>>> >>>> >>>> Media General is acquiring Meredith, creating an 80+-station behemoth >>>> which will be the fourth-largest in the country behind Fox, CBS, and >>>> Sinclair... Meredith's Stephen Lacy will head the new firm... both current >>>> company hubs, Richmond, VA, and Des Moines, IA, will remain. >>>> >>>> TVNewsCheck >>>> <http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/88230/media-general-acquiring-meredith-for-24b> >>>> >>>> (link) >>>> >>>> Nexstar is throwing the proverbial wrench into the MG/Meredith deal by >>> dropping $1.85*bil* on the table for Media General... offering $14.50 a >>> share in cash and stock, and promising fewer regulatory headaches... >>> >>> *NY Times* >>> <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/29/business/dealbook/nexstar-offers-to-buy-media-general-for-1-85-billion.html?_r=1> >>> >>> (link) >>> >>> NY Post >> <http://nypost.com/2015/12/23/nexstar-nears-2b-deal-to-acquire-media-general/> >> >> (link): The Nexstar offer's been multiple-y sweetened to an even $2bil, and >> sources say a deal is close... Meredith can still match. >> > > TVNewsCheck > <http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/91865/nexstarmedia-general-its-a-done-deal> > > (link): Nexstar and MG close the deal... MG stockholders get $17.14 a > share... Meredith gets $60 million, which it can then put into possible > acquisition of what the Feds as of now still haven't indicated will need to > be divested. > > > Feds only the other day approved this... 13 stations divested, 171 now make up what going forward will take the Nexstar name.
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