TV, had made the hostile takeover offer three weeks ago to acquire rival Cincinnati-based Scripps, including WCPO-TV.

Just one week after reports emerged that local broadcast owner Sinclair had built up over an 8% stake in E.W. Scripps, one of its smaller competitors, in an effort to prepare a takeover bid for the ...

Local TV station owner E.W. Scripps said Tuesday that its board of directors rejected an unsolicited takeover bid by larger rival Sinclair Inc.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Sinclair Broadcast Group has made an unsolicited $7-per-share bid for E.W. Scripps, valuing the TV station owner ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sinclair has submitted a bid to buy out E.W. Scripps for $7 per share, in a deal that could bring further consolidation across America’s local TV news landscape. Under the proposal, ...

Sinclair disclosed the talks in an SEC filing Monday. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor Another major deal for local TV stations may be brewing, with Sinclair Broadcast Group (and its 185 or so local ...

Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Inc. is considering a merger with The E.W. Scripps Co. and has acquired 8% of Scripps Class A common stock, Sinclair said Monday. Sinclair, one of the nation’s largest ...

NEW YORK -- Sinclair has submitted a bid to buy out E.W. Scripps for $7 per share, in a deal that could bring further consolidation across America's local TV news landscape. Under the proposal, which ...

Sinclair Broadcast Group has made an unsolicited bid to buy rival station owner E.W. Scripps just a week after disclosing it had acquired shares of the company's stock. Sinclair filed a statement ...