Nexstar Media Group Completes Tribune Media Acquisition Creating the Nation’s Largest Local Television Broadcaster
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Nexstar Media Group, Inc. announced that it completed its previously announced acquisition of Tribune Media Company in an accretive transaction valued at approximately $7.2 billion including the assumption of Tribune Media’s outstanding debt. Pursuant to the merger agreement, Nexstar acquired all outstanding shares of Tribune Media for $46.687397 per share in cash, inclusive of $0.187397 […]
“Nexstar Media Group, Inc. announced that it completed its previously announced acquisition of Tribune Media Company in an accretive transaction valued at approximately $7.2 billion including the assumption of Tribune Media’s outstanding debt. Pursuant to the merger agreement, Nexstar acquired all outstanding shares of Tribune Media for $46.687397 per share in cash, inclusive of $0.187397 […]”Source
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