Wanting “truly autonomous ownership for minority broadcasters,” Free...
Wanting “truly autonomous ownership for minority broadcasters,” Free Press likely would back a Nexstar TV station divestiture “if there are not any outsourcing agreements or contingent financial interests,” said the group’s policy counsel, Lauren Wilson. “We support deals and policies…
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that lead to independence and wealth creation.” Without knowing for sure if the broadcaster will use outsourcing deals, she emailed us Tuesday, she can’t say if the group that often opposes media mergers and acquisitions would support divesting WEVV-TV Evansville, Indiana, to a group that includes a minority-owned company and that would be run by a minority executive. Nexstar didn’t reply to inquiries seeking details on the deal. The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters backs the divestiture that would be part of getting Justice Department approval for Nexstar to buy Communications Corporation of America. NABOB said the WEVV deal wouldn’t involve joint sales agreements or shared services agreements (CD Aug 6 p14), which Wilson said would be “good news."