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Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News, and the Hartford Courant, as well as other local newspapers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Florida. Tribune already counted Alden as its largest shareholder; Alden was offering $14.25 per share to take full control of the company. Yesterday, following weeks of wrangling, Tribune announced its intention to sell to Alden at $17.25 per share. The deal as a whole is valued at $630 million, and would take Tribune private. Alden has become notorious—and widely reviled—for its tactic of ruthlessly slashing costs at its existing media properti...
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Irving-based Nexstar is going all-in on cable news, dropping WGN America name for NewsNation NewsNation launched in September as a nightly 7 to 10 p.m. newscast but has struggled to make a ratings dent. Nexstar bought WGN America in 2019 as part of its $4.1 billion acquisition of Chicago-based Tribune Media.(Nexstar via Youtube) By Tribune News Service WGN America, the Chicago-based cable network, is expanding its prime-time news programming and rebranding as NewsNation beginning March 1. The decision, announced Monday by Irving-based owner Nexstar Media Group, cuts ties to the network’s lo...