Gannett Agrees to DOJ-Ordered Divestiture to Get Approval for Belo Deal

摘要

Gannett, its affiliate Sander Media and Belo agreed to divest a St. Louis TV station as part of a Departmentrnof Justice consent decree issued in response to Gannett’s $2.2 billion deal to buy Belo, said DOJ.rnGannett already owns KSDK (NBC) St. Louis, and provides news services to KDNL (ABC) St. Louis,rnaccording to the Georgetown University Law Center’s Institute for Public Representation. It objected tornGannett/Belo at the FCC on behalf of several public interest groups (http://bit.ly/18MwNux).