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63-637: Freedom Center may refer to: Freedom Center (Chicago) , an American newspaper production facility Freedom Center (Omaha) , an American newspaper production facility Freedom Center (TSA) , operation center of the United States Transportation Security Administration National Underground Railroad Freedom Center , a museum in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA International Freedom Center ,

126-493: A shared services agreement . The sale was completed on December 1, 2014. In 2015, Nexstar sold off the licensee assets of WLYH-TV , the CW affiliate to Howard Stirk Holdings . On March 13, 2014, Nexstar announced that it would purchase Internet Broadcasting, for $ 20 million. The company had also recently acquired competitor Inergize Digital through its purchase of assets from Newport Television, followed by Enterprise Technology Group,

189-550: A MyNetworkTV-affiliated subchannel of NBC affiliate WISE-TV on August 1. The network also moved its affiliation in Springfield, Missouri from KSFX-TV (operated in a duopoly with area CBS affiliate KOLR ) to upstart MyNetworkTV affiliate KRBK on September 1, 2011, with both stations becoming independents . Nexstar chose to drop Fox from WFXW in Terre Haute, Indiana and re-affiliate with ABC on September 1, 2011 (becoming

252-688: A Union Pacific rail spur connected to it, which is used for newsprint delivery to the factory. Along with printing the Chicago Tribune, the press also prints the Chicago Sun-Times , the Chicago Reader , The New York Times and other publications. In 2020, when the Tribune's finances were last public, they made about 9.9% of their revenue from printing and distribution of third-party publications. Nexstar Media Group Nexstar Media Group, Inc.

315-449: A corporate reorganization, under which its primary subsidiaries of Nexstar Broadcasting and Nexstar Digital were merged into the operating subsidiary Nexstar, Inc. A carriage dispute with Dish Network began on December 2, 2020, and ended by Christmas Eve , which resulted in the removal of at least 164 Nexstar stations in 115 markets, covering about 63-percent of TV homes, from its services. On December 16, 2020, Nexstar announced it

378-401: A definitive agreement" to acquire 75-percent ownership in the network, while Paramount and WBD would each retain 12.5-percent ownership. Based on media industry reports, Nexstar would reportedly assume "a significant portion" of the network's current losses. The deal did not require regulatory approval, but had to perform financial closure conditions at the company's fiscal third quarter, i.e. by

441-467: A merger with) a termination fee of $ 60 million and gave Meredith right of first refusal to acquire any broadcast or digital properties that may be divested during the purchase. The deal also included contingent value rights for Media General shareholders if it sold spectrum from its stations during the FCC's spectrum incentive auction (a clause that Meredith did not exercise). On May 27, 2016, Nexstar announced

504-428: A partnership between 21st Century Fox and private equity firm Blackstone Group . However, on May 8, 2017, it was announced that Tribune reached a deal to be acquired by Sinclair Broadcast Group . On May 26, 2017, it was reported by DealReporter that Nexstar might be considering a bid to acquire Tegna Inc. , although such a deal would likely require significant divestments due to ownership conflicts and exceeding

567-412: A partnership with SportsGrid Inc. to offer the latter's sports betting - and fantasy sports -focused FAST streaming channel SportsGrid as a digital multicast network starting September 1, 2021. A new digital subchannel network, Rewind TV , was launched on September 1, 2021, featuring classic TV shows from the 1980s and 1990s. The Wall Street Journal reported on January 5, 2022, that Nexstar

630-592: A primary affiliation of one station to joining an existing MyNetworkTV-affiliated digital subchannel of a competing Big Three station, with MyNetworkTV going to a secondary affiliation: in Evansville , Fox moved from WTVW (which then became an independent station and later joined the CW ) to a MyNetworkTV-affiliated subchannel of CBS affiliate WEVV-TV on July 1, while in Fort Wayne , the Fox affiliation moved from WFFT-TV to

693-466: A principal of Superior Communications, who owned the WDKY property, making the sale to Nexstar a homecoming of sorts. WDKY's transaction was completed on September 17, 2020. On September 28, 2015, Nexstar announced that it had presented an unsolicited offer to buy Media General for $ 4.1 billion (including debt). Per share, shareholders of Media General would receive $ 10.50 in cash and 0.0898 shares of Nexstar,

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756-459: A proposed museum in New York City, USA David Horowitz Freedom Center , an American political organisation See also [ edit ] Freedom House Freedom Tower (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Freedom Center . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

819-626: A separate deal worth $ 350 million. Nexstar made the transactions to pay down debt and consolidate operations in the Southeast. The sale closed on March 2, 2020. As part of a settlement between the parties in litigation over the failed deal, Sinclair had to sell WDKY-TV in Lexington, Kentucky , and the non-license assets of KGBT-TV in Harlingen, Texas , to Nexstar Media Group for $ 60 million on January 27, 2020. The company's founder, Perry Sook, had once been

882-980: A spun-off joint venture between LIN Media and Fox Television Stations . The providers were merged to form Lakana, led by former ETG CEO Phillip Hyun. On October 23, 2014, Nexstar bought out KASW in Phoenix from SagamoreHill Broadcasting and Meredith Corporation , and it was completed on January 30, 2015. On February 2, 2015, Nexstar finalized its acquisition of Yashi , a location-focused, video-advertising and programmatic-technology company, for $ 33 million. On November 17, 2015, Nexstar announced its intent to purchase West Virginia Media Holdings ' stations ( WOWK-TV in Charleston, WBOY-TV in Clarksburg, WVNS-TV in Ghent, and WTRF-TV in Wheeling) for $ 130 million. The company took over

945-433: A suite-only hotel, with 100 suites, and an outdoor music venue with space for 1000 people. After a 20% return on investment, Bally's proposed that they would go on to have a $ 600 million expansion. There would be a total of 4000 gaming seats with the expansion, a new 400 room hotel, a 3000 seat indoor venue, and a 20,000 foot exhibition space. On 22 March 2022, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that there were three finalists of

1008-434: A total equivalent of $ 14.50 per share. Nexstar's offer was seen by analysts as a maneuver to torpedo the merger of Media General with Meredith Corporation (announced on September 8). If Media General agreed to the counteroffer within a 20-day period, Nexstar would expand its portfolio to 114 television stations, pending spinoffs in markets where both own stations and federal approval. On November 16, Media General rejected

1071-542: Is an American publicly traded media company with headquarters in Irving, Texas , Midtown Manhattan , and Chicago . The company is the largest television station owner in the United States, owning 197 television stations across the U.S., most of which are affiliated with the four "major" U.S. television networks and MyNetworkTV in markets as large as New York City and as small as San Angelo, Texas . It also operates all of

1134-676: The Raycom Media / Gray Television merger. In spring 2019, Nexstar launched Border Report , a website focusing on news stories from the Mexico–United States border . On November 5, 2019, it was announced that Nexstar would acquire Fox Television Stations -owned WJZY and MyNetworkTV outlet WMYT-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina for $ 45 million. In turn, it also announced that it would sell its duopoly of Seattle -based KCPQ and KZJO (along with Milwaukee -based WITI ) to FTS in

1197-576: The United States Department of Justice approved the deal between Nexstar Media Group and Tribune Media. The merger was approved by the FCC on September 16, and would be consummated three days later. On January 15, 2020, Nexstar announced a national newscast called NewsNation on WGN America . The program launched September 1, 2020. On March 1, 2021, the WGN America channel was renamed NewsNation . On October 22, 2020, Nexstar underwent

1260-516: The Chicago Tribune announced plans for a $ 150 million printing plant, to replace their former printing facility at Tribune Tower . The site was to be located in the River North district, right off of the Chicago River. Architecture firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill designed the building. The Tribune acquired the 21-acre parcel of land in 1967. The goal of completion at the beginning of the project

1323-463: The Chicago Tribune announced that the name of the facility would be "Freedom Center". The name was suggested by the environment editor at the time, Casey Bukro. Partial production of the facility was expected to be operational by September 1981, with full production capacity by September 1982. Starting on July 18, 1985, Chicago Typographical Union No. 16, Chicago Web Printing Pressman's Union No. 7, and Chicago Mailers Union No. 2 all went on strike. This

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1386-653: The FCC's market cap of 39-percent of TV households and making it the largest owner of television stations in the United States. Nexstar planned to divest some stations and "non-core" assets as part of the merger. On March 20, 2019, Nexstar announced that it would divest 19 stations to the E. W. Scripps Company and Tegna Inc. for a total sum of $ 1.32 billion, with Scripps receiving eight stations ( WPIX , WSFL-TV , WTKR and WGNT , WTVR-TV , WXMI , KSTU , and KASW ), and Tegna eleven ( WATN-TV and WLMT , WTIC-TV and WCCT-TV , WOI-DT and KCWI , WNEP , WPMT , WQAD-TV , WZDX , and KFSM-TV ). Of those stations, only WPIX

1449-567: The FCC; the purchase, which was closed on September 2, created a duopoly with Nexstar's Fox affiliate KSWB-TV , and is set to replace KFMB-DT2 as San Diego's CW station. Between June 14 to August 31, Nexstar announced that it would convert MyNetworkTV affiliates in the displaced Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Tampa Bay markets ( WPHL-TV , KRON-TV , and WTTA , respectively) into CW stations, and signed several CW affiliation renewals (such as that with Gray, whose Atlanta-based WPCH-TV station would replace WUPA as that city's CW affiliate) to cover

1512-513: The Fox affiliation in the Springfield, Missouri market. In July 2012, Nexstar agreed to purchase eleven stations and Inergize Digital Media from Newport Television , with two stations going to affiliate Mission Broadcasting. On August 12, 2012, Nexstar sold KBTV-TV to Deerfield Media , which entered into a JSA and SSA with Sinclair Broadcast Group to become a duopoly with KFDM-TV . On April 24, 2013, Nexstar announced that it would acquire

1575-484: The Fox affiliation then moved to a digital subchannel of CBS affiliate WTHI-TV which also added MyNetworkTV as a secondary affiliation. Nexstar's remaining Fox affiliates have since signed a renewal agreement through December 2013; In addition, following the settlement of Nexstar's antitrust lawsuit against WISE-TV's then-owner Granite Broadcasting , WFFT-TV reclaimed the Fox affiliation on March 1, 2013. Nexstar would purchase KRBK in late 2018, restoring its ownership of

1638-1119: The Roanoke and Lafayette stations are required as Media General and Nexstar both own stations in those markets). On June 3, 2016, it was announced that Nexstar would spin off WBAY-TV in Green Bay , Wisconsin and KWQC-TV in Davenport , Iowa to Gray Television for $ 270 million. On June 13, 2016, Nexstar announced that it would sell WFFT in Fort Wayne , Indiana ; KQTV in St. Joseph , Missouri ; KIMT in Rochester , Minnesota ; WTHI-TV in Terre Haute ; and WLFI in Lafayette, Indiana to Heartland Media , through its USA Television MidAmerica Holdings joint venture with MSouth Equity Partners, for $ 115 million. The divestitures were in order to allow Nexstar to comply with FCC ownership rules (specifically pertaining to national market coverage for station owners) in advance of

1701-706: The approval proceedings of the merger of both groups (Nexstar already owned NBC affiliate WTWO and operates ABC affiliate WAWV-TV in Terre Haute, and planned to acquire Media General-owned CBS affiliate WANE-TV in Fort Wayne). On June 30, 2016, Nexstar announced that it would sell KASA-TV in Santa Fe , to Ramar Communications, owner of Telemundo affiliate KTEL-CD (channel 15), Movies! affiliate KUPT-LD (channel 16), and MeTV affiliate KRTN-LD (channel 33), for $ 2.5 million. KASA and KRQE were both ranked among

1764-400: The building sale agreement, the company has until July to completely leave the property, which will then be demolished with the casino planned to open sometime in 2026. Freedom Center is currently used as the headquarters and office location of the Chicago Tribune. They also print the newspapers for the Chicago Tribune there, along with other publications who rent out space. Freedom Center has

1827-466: The deal was completed on March 13. KCAU continued to use Citadel's standardized news sets, graphics and logos. On November 6, 2013, Nexstar announced that it would purchase the Grant Broadcasting stations for $ 87.5 million. Due to Federal Communications Commission ownership regulations, one of the stations, KLJB , was spun off to Marshall Broadcasting Group , but is operated by Nexstar through

1890-679: The deal. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave final approval of the group deal on December 21, and the Sinclair purchase of the Four Points stations was completed on January 1, 2012. In 2011, Nexstar and Fox entered into a dispute over terms of reverse compensation ; this occurred as Fox began to aggressively seek shares of earnings from retransmission consent agreements with cable and satellite operators as part of affiliation agreement renewals between station groups with affiliates whose affiliation contracts had already expired (and carrying

1953-408: The divestiture of stations to a minority-owned broadcaster as a token to gain FCC approval for the associated acquisitions. A carriage dispute with AT&T resulted in the removal of more than 120 Nexstar stations across 97 markets from AT&T's DirecTV , DirecTV Now and U-verse platforms, which began at 11:59 p.m. on July 3, 2019, and ended on August 29, 2019. On August 1, 2019,

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2016-640: The entire group of Communications Corporation of America , KMSS-TV , KPEJ-TV , and most of the ComCorp-managed stations that are owned by White Knight Broadcasting would be sold to Mission Broadcasting while WEVV-TV and White Knight Broadcasting's KSHV-TV would be sold to a female-controlled company called Rocky Creek Communications, with Nexstar assuming operational control of those stations. On September 16, 2013, Nexstar announced that it would acquire WOI-DT , KCAU-TV , and WHBF-TV from Citadel Communications for $ 88 million. Nexstar immediately took over

2079-595: The five proposals. The Bally's Freedom Center proposal was one of them. On May 5 2022, Lightfoot announced that she had chosen the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center Bally's Proposal as her selection. After receiving approval from the mayor, the proposal has to go on to receive a majority vote from the City Council and Illinois Gaming Board. The Chicago Tribune has not announced their intentions for relocation of their printing facilities and headquarters if

2142-705: The latter two through a 31-percent stake in Television Food Network G.P. ). Nexstar Media Group was founded as Nexstar Broadcasting Group on June 17, 1996, initially backed by ABRY Partners. The first television station bought by Nexstar was WYOU in Scranton, Pennsylvania . Nexstar bought WYOU from Diversified Communications . The sale was completed on September 28 of that year. Nexstar promptly fired two beloved anchors and laid off several long-term staff members. Nexstar founder Perry Sook said that WYOU would be Nexstar's flagship station, keeping an office off

2205-511: The lease. In 2014, when Tribune Media split up their newspaper division in to Tribune Publishing , Tribune Media kept their real estate assets, which included Freedom Center. In February 2019, the 37 acre site was put up for sale. In January 2021, the Chicago Tribune moved out of One Prudential Plaza , and relocated their offices and newsroom to Freedom Center. This was only three years after their exit from Tribune Tower . On September 06, 2017, Tribune Media announced plans to demolish

2268-484: The licensee rights of WLYH-TV from SJL Broadcasting for $ 56 million. On March 20, 2009, Nexstar operated television stations that were owned by Four Points Media Group through an outsourcing agreement. However, on September 8, 2011, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced its intent to purchase the Four Points stations outright and took over the MSA for the stations that October upon Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approval of

2331-399: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Freedom_Center&oldid=1086750210 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Freedom Center (Chicago) On June 20, 1979,

2394-439: The network's programming without a contractual agreement) or were near expiration. Reportedly, the amount from retransmission consent fees from cable and satellite operators that Fox wanted its affiliates to pay the network would be 25 cents per subscriber during the first year of the affiliation agreement, increasing to 50 cents by the fourth year. President of affiliate sales and marketing for Fox, Mike Hopkins, had said earlier in

2457-434: The network; such right was announced on May 5, 2023, when the aforementioned stations would become independent on September 1. Nexstar responded to the move by stating that it would find replacement CW affiliates, noting that "Paramount's decision affects a limited portion of The CW's nationwide reach." The company announced on May 8 that it would buy KUSI-TV from McKinnon Broadcasting for $ 35 million, pending approval from

2520-713: The newsroom for years. In 1998, Nexstar purchased WBRE-TV in Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania . Because this was in the same market as WYOU, WYOU was 'sold' to Mission Broadcasting. This began the first-ever 'shared-services' agreement between stations. WYOU's sales staff was kept in Scranton, while the production and news operations were moved to WBRE's offices in Wilkes-Barre. WYOU staff who were not laid off were fired by Nexstar, hired by Mission, and eventually rehired by Nexstar. Mission Broadcasting then paid Nexstar to operate and control

2583-528: The offer but agreed to negotiate after concluding its merge with Meredith. On January 27, 2016, Media General announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Nexstar in a deal valued at $ 17.14 per share, valuing the company at $ 4.6 billion plus the assumption of $ 2.3 billion debt. The combined company became known as Nexstar Media Group, and owns 171 stations, serving an estimated 39-percent of U.S. households. The company paid Meredith Corporation (whom Media General had previously proposed

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2646-431: The only Nexstar station thus far to affiliate with another network following the removal of the Fox affiliation) as part of a long-term renewal agreement between Nexstar and ABC for the group's nine existing ABC stations, reversing a 1995 switch that saw Terre Haute losing over-the-air carriage of ABC programs (since then, ABC has been seen in the market via Indianapolis affiliate WRTV on area cable and satellite providers);

2709-437: The ownership cap. On November 14, 2018, after Tribune cancelled its proposed sale to Sinclair, it was reported that Nexstar was a leading bidder to acquire Tribune. On December 3, 2018, Nexstar announced its intent to merge with Tribune Media for $ 6.4 billion ($ 4.1 billion for all of Tribune's shares in cash and $ 2.3 billion of Tribune's debt). The merger would give the company 216 stations in 118 markets, placing it just below

2772-720: The production and news-gathering operations while Mission kept the sales and management team. In 1997, Nexstar acquired WJET-TV in Erie, Pennsylvania , from Jet Broadcasting, for which it paid $ 18.5 million. On January 12, 1998, Nexstar acquired three stations owned by the U.S. Broadcast Group, including KFDX-TV , KBTV-TV , and KSNF , for $ 64.3 million. In 1999, Nexstar bought out WROC-TV in Rochester, New York , from Smith Broadcasting . In 2003, Nexstar acquired Quorum Broadcasting, owner of ten television stations. Also that year, it purchased KARK-TV and WDHN-TV from Morris Multimedia . In 2006, Nexstar bought out WTAJ-TV and

2835-675: The proposal succeeds. Bally's purchased the Freedom Center site from Nexstar for $ 200 million in November 2022, and then promptly sold the property for the same price to Oak Street Real Estate Capital in a leaseback transaction. In February 2024, Tribune Publishing announced it will layoff about 200 employees from the Freedom Center as the printing plant closes and operations move to the Paddock Printing Center in Schaumburg . Under

2898-556: The remaining displaced markets. Nexstar implemented a blackout on its stations from DirecTV, U-verse and DirecTV Stream on July 2, 2023, causing DirecTV to complain to the FCC. Nexstar responded to DirecTV's complaint by stating that DirecTV was streaming Nexstar stations after the contract expired in November 2022. Nexstar and DirecTV renewed their contract on September 17, 2023. On May 19, 2023, Ray Cole, COO of Citadel Communications , announced that WSNN-LD in Sarasota, Florida ,

2961-474: The sale and cover debt. On April 8, 2019, Nexstar announced that it would sell 2 additional stations ( WISH-TV and WNDY ) to Circle City Broadcasting for $ 42.5 million. On April 3, 2019, Marshall Broadcasting Group sued Nexstar for breach of contract, alleging that the company was trying to "undermine" its operations so it could buy back the stations at a later date and lower cost in the present regulatory environment. The company also accused Nexstar of using

3024-718: The sales of five stations. WCWJ in Jacksonville , Florida , along with WSLS-TV in Roanoke , Virginia , was sold to the Graham Media Group ; and KADN-TV , as well as KLAF-LD in Lafayette , Louisiana , was sold to Bayou City Broadcasting , with KREG-TV in Glenwood Springs , Colorado going to Marquee Broadcasting as part of a series of divestitures required following Nexstar's acquisition of Media General due to Federal Communications Commission ownership caps (the sale of

3087-933: The start of October 2022, in order to complete the transaction; thus, Nexstar took over operations of the network on August 15. The transaction was completed on October 3. Following Nexstar's purchase of the CW, Paramount's CBS News and Stations division was given the right to have its eight CW stations ( WPSG in Philadelphia , WUPA in Atlanta , KBCW in San Francisco , KSTW in Seattle , WTOG in Tampa Bay , WKBD in Detroit , KMAX in Sacramento , and WPCW in Pittsburgh ) disaffiliate from

3150-920: The stations owned by affiliated companies, such as Mission Broadcasting and Vaughan Media , under local marketing agreements to satisfy existing regulations set in place by the Federal Communications Commission . In addition, Nexstar owns one radio station, WGN in Chicago , and operates major TV network the CW through a 75-percent majority stake where all CW affiliates are directly owned-and-operated stations (O&O), two terrestrial television networks airing classic shows, Antenna TV and Rewind TV , one FAST streaming channel airing sports programming, SportsGrid , and has full or partial ownership stakes in three pay television networks (cable news and entertainment network NewsNation and food and cooking networks Food Network and Cooking Channel ,

3213-967: The stations' non-license assets under a time brokerage agreement in December 2015 pending the formal completion of the deal, expected in late 2016. The two companies viewed the acquisition as being a complement to Nexstar's WHAG-TV , whose coverage area includes the Eastern Panhandle region. Nexstar CEO Perry A. Sook is an alumnus of WOWK. The sale was completed on January 31, 2017. On August 1, 2018, Nexstar bought out KRBK in Springfield from Koplar Communications for $ 16.45 million, and also bought out WHDF in Huntsville from Lockwood Broadcast Group for $ 2.25 million. On November 1, 2018, Nexstar bought out MyNetworkTV affiliate KFVE in Honolulu from American Spirit Media as part of transactions requiring from

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3276-451: The stations' operations through a time brokerage agreement . The deal followed Phil Lombardo's decision to "slow down," as well as a desire by Lynch Entertainment to divest its investments in WOI and WHBF; Citadel would continue to own KLKN , WLNE-TV , and its Sarasota properties. On March 5, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of these stations to Nexstar outright and

3339-616: The then vacant Freedom Center North. They would turn it into a mixed-use development consisting of 1.2 million square feet of offices and a 310-unit residential building. Riverside Investment & Development were to be the developers of the project. On Apr 19, 2021, it was reported that the plans were dropped. On October 04, 2017, Tribune Media announced plans to turn Freedom Center into a mixed-use development with 18 buildings. It would comprise about 9 million square feet of commercial and residential space. The plan aimed to be home to 19,000 jobs, and have 5,900 residential units. This development

3402-480: The top four stations in the Albuquerque market during the November 2015 sweeps period, which meant that the company had to divest one of the two stations to comply with the FCC duopoly rules. The transaction was approved by the FCC on January 11, 2017, and the sale was completed on January 17. On April 30, 2017, The Wall Street Journal reported that there were competing bids for Tribune Media from Nexstar and

3465-555: The year that the network would consider moving its affiliation to another market station as a last resort if existing affiliates did not agree to the terms for reverse compensation retrans sharing. Fox dropped its affiliation from Nexstar-owned/managed stations in four markets, with three of the replacement stations adding Fox in addition to existing affiliations with the MyNetworkTV programming service (owned by Fox parent company News Corporation ). In Indiana, two markets saw Fox go from

3528-525: Was a potential leading buyer of the CW, as the network's then-co-owners ViacomCBS (now known as Paramount Global ) and WarnerMedia (since spun-off from AT&T and merged with Discovery, Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery ) explored options in selling a majority stake in the joint venture network; the three companies had yet to comment on the WSJ report. In late August, as confirmation to another WSJ report made last June, Nexstar announced that it has "entered

3591-493: Was assumed to be around 10,000 people, with 100 police present. There were 10 people with minor injuries, 35 were arrested, one police officer was injured, 5 Tribune employees were injured, and several delivery trucks were damaged as well. In September 2002, a new distribution facility was opened, directly north and across the street of the main Freedom Center Building. The building's name was "Freedom Center North". It

3654-417: Was due to the mandatory transfer of jobs when technology made obsolete the old jobs. The unions had opposed this position. On January 4, 1986, a rally took place during the strike, and violence occurred. The violence broke out at about 5:00 AM when protesters started to throw rocks at delivery trucks leaving the plant. After police tried to use horses to separate the crowd, bricks started to be thrown. The crowd

3717-419: Was located at 700 W Chicago. It is 115,000-square-feet in size. It later closed at an unknown time. In 2019, Freedom Center was bought by Nexstar Media as part of their wider acquisition of Tribune Media for $ 4.1 billion. The Chicago Tribune held a lease on the site until 2023, with two 10 year options for extension. Also included in the lease is a relocation clause, which allows for them to relocate during

3780-547: Was not associated with a duopoly, but rather its market size (an outright acquisition under current FCC rules would cause Nexstar to exceed the 39 percent cap). The transaction involving WPIX included a $ 75 million option condition allowing Nexstar to buy WPIX back between March 31, 2020, and the end of 2021. In the summer of 2020, the option was transferred to Mission Broadcasting (whose station acquisitions are largely funded by Nexstar) and exercised shortly thereafter. Nexstar stated that these divestitures would be used to help fund

3843-473: Was planned to fit in with the aforementioned Freedom Center North Development. This plan was canceled after the 37 acre site was put up for sale. As part of the Chicago casino proposals request for proposals, Bally's Corporation proposed to put a casino on the land that Freedom Center sits on. The casino would completely demolish all buildings on the site and replace it with a $ 1 billion casino development. It would contain 2700 slot machines, 95 table games,

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3906-572: Was purchasing BestReviews from Tribune Publishing for $ 160 million. On May 20, 2021, the CW network and Nexstar announced that they have reached multi-year agreements to renew network affiliation for the CW in 37 markets in across the country (including KTLA in Los Angeles and WDCW in Washington, D.C. ). On August 20, 2021, Nexstar acquired political news website The Hill for $ 130 million. On August 25, 2021, Nexstar Media Group announced

3969-487: Was the fall of 1982. The building would be 697,000 sq ft, and contain 10 Goss Metroliner offset presses, with space for two more. The presses could run 75,000 papers per hour, versus 60,000 at Tribune Tower. The maximum issue would also be 144 pages, versus 112 at Tribune Tower. Ground was broken on the building in September 1979. Later during construction, the anticipated price was changed to $ 185 Million. On July 15 , 1981,

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