It's Official: Post-Newsweek Buys NBCU's Miami Station

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Post-Newsweek Stations officially announced Friday (July 18) the purchase of WTVJ, NBC Universal’s owned-and-operated NBC station in Miami, confirming a story that broke earlier this week in the Miami Herald. The acquisition, if approved, would give Post-Newsweek, which owns WPLG, the ABC affiliate there, a duopoly in the 16th largest TV market.

Terms were not disclosed, but earlier reports estimated the station sale between $350 to $400 million, money NBCU could use to offset its recent purchase of The Weather Channel.
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