Univision's for sale for $13 billion - but can the suitors afford it?

The L.A. Times Meg James observes that the New York Times scoop about the intended sale of the nations largest Spanish language network and fifth largest network overall has a rather limited pool of buyers, despite its widespread appeal, healthy ad revenues and strong growth prospects.

CBS and Fox would need to sell lots of TV stations to stay under FCC regulatory caps.

Disney and Time Warner are the only other media conglomerates that could buy Univision without running afoul of the FCC restrictions.

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