Sinclair is buying 21 regional sports networks from Disney in a $10 billion deal that marks the final major detail of Disney’s massive Fox purchase, according to The Wall Street Journal.
It’s the latest move for Sinclair in regional programming, which is an area that the company already has vast control over. (The Federal Communications Commission actually blocked a merger between Sinclair and the Tribune Media Company last year due to concerns about Sinclair’s reach.)
The 21 sports networks in question were part of Disney’s purchase of Fox and its assets in the blockbuster deal that closed earlier this year. But because of Disney’s already heavy presence in sports (mostly through ESPN and its various networks), Disney was required by…
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