Programming & Performance

Sinclair Buys 21 Regional Sports Networks From Disney in $10.6 Billion Deal

Disney had to divest the assets as part of its merger with Fox

By Jason Lynch

May 3, 2019

Disney has found a buyer for all but one of the regional sports networks it agreed to divest as a condition of its merger with Fox. The company has sold 21 of them to Sinclair Broadcasting Group in a deal valued at $10.6 billion.

Jason Lynch
@jasonlynch jason.lynch@adweek.com Jason Lynch is TV Editor at Adweek, overseeing trends, technology, personalities and programming across broadcast, cable and streaming video.
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