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> Disney willingly pulled Kimmel off their own networks, because a major distributor of their content(Sinclair) threatened to not air it, which accounts for abo
by throw0101a 1y ago
> Disney willingly pulled Kimmel off their own networks, because a major distributor of their content(Sinclair) threatened to not air it, which accounts for about 20% of the viewership of the show.
"This is a nice merger deal, shame anything should happen to it…" does not look like a recipe for a free will / willing action to be made.
For the record, the merger is with Nexstar, not Sinclair, but the point is the same:
* https://www.nexstar.tv/nexstar-media-group-inc-enters-into-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-tegna-inc-for-6-2-billion-in-accretive-transaction/ https://www.nexstar.tv/nexstar-media-group-inc-enters-into-d...