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BALTIMORE, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) (the "Company" or "Sinclair") announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the broadcast assets of 18 television stations owned by Barrington Broadcasting Group, LLC ("Barrington") for $370.0 million and entered into agreements to operate or provide sales services to another six stations. The 24 stations are located in 15 markets and reach 3.4% of the U.S. TV...

ATLANTA, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gray Television, Inc. ("Gray," "we," "us," or "our") (NYSE: GTN and GTN.A) today announced its acquisition of KSNB-TV, a full-power television station licensed to the Lincoln, Nebraska, market. On or about April 1st, Gray will re-launch KSNB as 10/11 Central Nebraska. The station will provide Central Nebraska with the area's first high-definition live 5:30 PM and 9:00 PM newscasts. Both newscasts will be devoted exclusively to the news...

ATLANTA, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gray Television, Inc. (NYSE: GTN and GTN.A) today announced that it will release its earnings results for the quarter ending December 31, 2012 on Wednesday, February 20, 2013. Earnings Conference Call Information Gray Television, Inc. will host a conference call to discuss its operating results for the quarter ended December 31, 2012 on Wednesday, February 20, 2013. The call will begin at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The live dial-in number is...

PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT), the leader in multi-screen media measurement serving the advertising, television and movie industries, today announced a multi-year local TV ratings contract with Gray Television for its CBS and CW stations, WKYT/EKYT-TV Lexington, Kentucky. As an early adopter of Rentrak's stable and granular TV viewing information, Gray Television began utilizing Rentrak's ratings currency in 2010 and over the past...

CHICAGO, Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tribune Company today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Bruce Karsh as Chairman of the Board and Peter Liguori as Chief Executive Officer. The appointments are effective immediately. The company also announced that former Chief Executive Officer Eddy Hartenstein will continue to serve as Publisher of the Los Angeles Times and CEO of the Los Angeles Times Media Group, and will act as special advisor to the Office of the CEO....

NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) announced today that it will report results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2012 after the market closes on Thursday, February 14, 2013. The earnings announcement will be available in the Investors/News & Events section of the Company's corporate Web site, www.cbscorporation.com. The Company will then conduct a teleconference call at 4:30 PM, ET. The call is open to the general public. The...

ATLANTA, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gray Television, Inc. ("Gray," "we" or the "Company") (NYSE: GTN and GTN.A) announced today that it has completed its previously announced redemption of all $142.4 million in aggregate principal amount of its 10½% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2015 (the "2015 Notes") that remained outstanding after the conclusion of Gray's previously announced cash tender offer for the 2015 Notes, which expired on October 22, 2012. The 2015 Notes were...

NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Scott Koondel has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Corporate Content Licensing Officer for CBS Corporation. The announcement was made today by Joseph Ianniello, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, CBS Corporation, to whom Koondel will report. In this new role, Koondel will be responsible for developing and executing a coordinated company strategy designed to maximize revenue from the licensing and distribution of...

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) and Hulu announced today a non-exclusive, multi-year licensing agreement to stream programs from CBS's rich television library on the Hulu Plus subscription service. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The CBS content will begin to appear on Hulu Plus in January 2013, and over the following months, Hulu Plus subscribers will have access to more than 2,600 episodes from library series such as...

BETHPAGE, N.Y., Oct. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) today announced that it has reached agreement with Tribune Company to return Tribune-owned stations to Cablevision, including WTIC (FOX CT) and WPIX (CW). The company issued the following statement: "We are pleased to have reached agreement with Tribune to return its stations to Cablevision, particularly its FOX affiliate in Connecticut, the only source of FOX programming for about 50,000 of our...