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A New York media brokerage firm has been hired to sell WLNE-TV ABC 6, which filed for the state’s version of bankruptcy protection in July.
CobbCorp LLC said Thursday it has been “exclusively retained” to sell ABC 6 and its half-ownership of Newschannel 5, a cable channel carried by Cox Communications that airs some WLNE content.
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CobbCorp was hired to broker the sale by WLNE’s receiver, attorney Matthew McGowan of the Providence law firm Salter McGowan Sylvia & Leonard. He has been overseeing the station since it filed for receivership in July. More…