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A "reimagined" advertising sales and integrated marketing division at Sinclair Inc.'s broadcast group and a "dynamic new brand focused on news-news content and original programming" has been launched by the company led by Chris Ripley and Rob Weisbord.

RBR+TVBR has learned that a Fresno-area owner of broadcast TV stations in such markets as Bakersfield; LaCrosse and Wausau, Wisc.; Beaumont-Port Arthur, Tex.; and Yuma, Ariz. has signed on with brokerage Hadden & Associates in a bid to find the right buyer for its assets.

Exactly two years ago, RBR+TVBR shared the news that the golf league backed by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) had signed a multi-year agreement with Nexstar Media Group that made The CW its home for 2023 and 2024. That relationship has ended.

A Hampton Inn in Massachusetts has a love of timekeeping

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He began his radio career in New Orleans and has experience that includes serving as COO for Apex Broadcasting, and as VP of Radio for Griffin Communications. He's been on his second tour of duty at Cox Media Group since 2019, and in one month he's transferring from San Antonio to Atlanta to take the helm of its radio stations.

The FCC has denied four complaints and petitions that she believes "seek to curtail freedom of the press and undermine the First Amendment." This includes the Media and Democracy Project petition to deny the license renewal of a Philadelphia TV station owned by FOX Television Stations.

Just one day after RBR+TVBR confirmed that Imagicomm Communications has decided to sell all of the broadcast television stations it acquired as part of FCC-required CMG divestments in August 2022, Kalil & Co. has revealed that four stations in two DMAs have already found a buyer.

We discuss best practices with Jeremy Preece

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He was a backup catcher between 1962 and 1967, playing for four teams before shifting to the broadcast booth and a career in entertainment that included a role on the 1980s sitcom "Mr. Belvedere" and as "Harry Doyle" in the feature film "Major League." Now, baseball fans everywhere are paying tribute to Bob Uecker, who has died. 

Comscore Content Measurement (CCM), a new cross-platform product offering, has been brought to market by the data analytics and consumer consumption firm seeking to build a greater presence in the broadcast TV space.