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Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Local TV Groups E.W. Scripps And Gray Media Swap Stations In Five Markets
Gray Media and the E.W. Scripps Co., two of the largest U.S. owners of local TV stations, have engineered a swap of stations in five small and mid-sized markets. The move will create new duopolies, coveted sources of extra revenue within a single market allowed under federal broadcast ownership rules, for each company. More from Deadline Georgia Film Academy, Gray Media's Assembly Studios Launch New Workforce Training Complex, Expanding Key Program For Film & TV Production Scripps Touts ION's Women's Sports Expansion, Returning Court TV And Bounce Shows In Upfront Pitch Netflix, Max And Paramount+ Earn DuPont-Columbia Awards As Streaming Moves In On Traditional Broadcast News Turf Gray will acquire WSYM, a Fox affiliate in Lansing, MI; and KATC, an ABC station in Lafayette, LA. Taking over WSYM will give Gray a duopoly in Lansing, where the company already owns NBC affiliate WILX. The acquisition of KATC will complement Gray's presence in the Southeast, which includes all other DMAs in Louisiana. Scripps, meanwhile, gets Gray's KKTV, a CBS affiliate in Colorado Springs, CO, where Scripps already owns NBC station KOAA. Also in Colorado, Scripps is acquiring NBC affiliate KKCO and low power ABC station KJCT in Grand Junction. The company is also getting CBS affiliate KMVT and low-power Fox station KSVT-LD (Fox) in Twin Falls, ID where Scripps owns low power station KSAW-LD (ABC). The addition to the portfolio add to Scripps' position in the West, where it owns and operates television stations across Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California. The companies expect to close the swaps by the fourth quarter. Local TV remains a significant cash-flow generator for station owners, but ongoing declines in viewership and advertising are ramping up pressure on the operations. Groups are agitating for federal policymakers to revise station ownership rules, which cap ownership at a total reach of 39% of the U.S. A loosening of the rules, which the current Federal Communications Commission has discussed, could kick off a new round of consolidation for the sector. 'We are very pleased to be executing a successful set of station swaps with Scripps that brings great value to both companies,' said Gray President and Co-CEO Pat LaPlatney, in a statement. 'At Gray, due to the strategic nature of these two acquisitions and the benefits to our operations, we anticipate expanding the news staff and hours of live local newscasts on both stations soon after closing the acquisitions.' Scripps CEO Adam Symson, who presides over a company that owns not only local stations but the ION broadcast network and a number of multicast networks and digital assets, offered a similar sentiment. 'These new stations will allow Scripps to expand upon our local sports and news strategies in key growth geographies for us,' he said. 'The resulting efficiencies will allow us to further invest in our connection to our communities, offering even richer coverage of these neighborhoods and regions.' Best of Deadline 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery 'Poker Face' Season 2 Guest Stars: From Justin Theroux To Jason Ritter
CBS News
04-07-2025
- CBS News
Highway 85 in southern Colorado closed after deadly shooting and patrol vehicle crash
A portion of Highway 85 in southern Colorado has been closed after a deadly shooting and crash that happened overnight. According to CBS affiliate KKTV in Colorado Springs, El Paso County Sheriff's deputies received a call about a robbery around 10:45 p.m. Thursday. When deputies arrived, they said they found two people dead with apparent gunshot wounds. Deputies said they are searching for a person of interest in connection with the shootings. While investigating the shootings, deputies said a suspected drunk driver crashed into a patrol vehicle. A deputy was treated on scene for minor injuries, according to the sheriff's office. The Colorado State Patrol is investigating that crash and said drivers could expect that portion of the highway near Man Street to be closed for several hours.
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Why Colorado Terror Suspect Says He Waited a Year to Carry Out Attack
Colorado terror suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman allegedly plotted to attack a Jewish group as far back as last year, but paused his plan until his daughter graduated from high school. Soliman, 45, is accused of injuring eight people by attacking a Jewish community event on Sunday afternoon in Boulder, Colorado, burning his victims, aged 52 to 88, with a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails. Two victims had to be airlifted to hospitals. The father-of-five, who is an Egyptian national, was slapped with a federal hate crime charge on Monday morning. In an interview with the FBI, he allegedly admitted to the attack and said he would do it all again if he could. Soliman also told investigators that he 'wanted to kill all Zionist people and wished they were all dead,' according to a criminal complaint obtained by the Daily Beast. He added that he targeted Sunday's 'Run For Their Lives' event, which called for the release of the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza, because they are a 'Zionist group' that he found through an online search. 'Throughout the interview, Soliman stated that he hated the Zionist group and did this because he hated this group and needed to stop them from taking over 'our land,' which he explained to be Palestine,' the complaint said. His daughter's graduation is the only thing that kept him from acting sooner, the complaint alleged. There is no public information about Soliman's family. The right-wing influencer Laura Loomer claimed in a viral post on X that Soliman's daughter plans to attend college in Colorado in the fall. The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to questions from the Daily Beast about Soliman's wife and children, but wrote in an emailed statement that Soliman 'is illegally in our country.' The Soliman family lived in Colorado Springs, about 100 miles south of where Sunday's attack took place. His neighbors told the local news station KKTV that he worked as an Uber driver and was often out of town. KKTV also reported that the El Paso County Sheriff's Office received three non-criminal calls for service to Soliman's apartment since 2022, including two 911 hang-ups and another described only as 'juvenile contact.' Soliman was reportedly involved in four traffic stops in that same period. Soliman's complaint stated that he had left notes for his family on an iPhone that he had hidden in a drawer at their home. That device has been turned over to local cops by his wife. The White House has characterized Soliman as an illegal migrant who exploited the immigration system when he entered the U.S. in 2022, laying blame for his presence in the country—and his eventual 'antisemitic attack'—on the Biden administration. Soliman entered the U.S. on a tourist visa that expired in Feb. 2023. He filed for asylum in Sept. 2022, which granted him a temporary work permit that expired in March. DHS did not answer questions about the status of Soliman's asylum case. Soliman was booked into the county jail on Sunday night on multiple felony counts, including first-degree murder, despite no victims dying. Boulder police released a mugshot on Monday that showed his right ear was bandaged, his face was burned, and he had a bloodied nose. Part of his white shirt was also stained a yellowish color. Clips from the attack showed Soliman shirtless and saying, 'How many children killed,' possibly referring to civilian casualties in Gaza amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The complaint alleges he was also heard saying, 'end Zionist.' Soliman's 2015 silver Toyota Prius was found near the scene and impounded, according to his federal complaint. Allegedly inside the vehicle were papers with the words 'Israel,' 'Palestine,' and 'USAID' on them. Federal prosecutors tacked on a hate crime charge for Soliman after his interview with investigators. If convicted, he could be sentenced to a minimum of 10 years in prison, with the potential for a life sentence.
Yahoo
23-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Blue state GOP rep forced to remove 2A sticker from laptop: 'Offensive'
A Republican lawmaker from Colorado expressed shock at being told by Democratic colleagues that he had to remove a sticker supporting the Second Amendment from his laptop while in the state's House chamber. "I had to cover up this, they couldn't stand my sticker," Colorado Republican state Rep. Ken DeGraaf said during remarks on the state's House floor, pointing to paper covering up a sticker in support of the Second Amendment on a laptop he carried with him to the chamber. "It said 'shall not be infringed' and signed '2-A' and that was considered offensive, which I understand would be offensive to this bill," he continued. The remarks come as Colorado lawmakers debate a controversial gun control bill that would limit the sale of some semiautomatic firearms that rely on detachable magazines, such as the popular AR-15 platform. Nm Lawmakers Warn Sweeping Gun Control Bill Primed For Passage Shows Dems 'Are Dead-set On Disarming Us' The legislation, Colorado Senate Bill 25-003, would be one of the strictest gun control measures in the country, something the state's Democratic lawmakers argue is necessary to keep citizens safe. Read On The Fox News App "Preventing gun violence is one of the most effective ways that we can make our communities safer and save lives. Semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines are uniquely lethal and dangerous," state Rep. Meg Froelich, a Democatric sponsor of the bill, told KKTV. "This bill is a commonsense solution to ensure that people receive effective training and meet the requirements under state and federal firearm laws before purchasing the most lethal weapons on the market. From background checks and waiting periods to limits on high-capacity magazines, Colorado Democrats have enacted multiple laws to protect Coloradans from future gun violence." Gov. Desantis Makes Push To Repeal Florida's Red Flag Laws The bill has passed the state's Senate and a second reading in the House, according to the KTTV report, which noted that lawmakers largely expect the legislation to be ready for a final vote in the coming week. The bill has faced stiff resistance from Republicans such as DeGraaf, who argue the legislation would run afoul of the U.S. Constitution. DeGraaf accused his Democratic colleagues of being offended by the Constitution during his remarks on the House floor, pointing to the forced removal as an example. As DeGraaf lamented the covering of the sticker, he was informed that the only reason for the request was because such displays are banned in the "well" of the chamber, which sits between the chamber's front desk and the first row of member seats. "So OK, no displays of the Constitution in the well, got it," DeGraaf quipped article source: Blue state GOP rep forced to remove 2A sticker from laptop: 'Offensive'
Fox News
23-03-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Blue state GOP rep forced to remove 2A sticker from laptop: 'Offensive'
A Republican lawmaker from Colorado expressed shock at being told by Democratic colleagues that he had to remove a sticker supporting the Second Amendment from his laptop while in the state's House chamber. "I had to cover up this, they couldn't stand my sticker," Colorado Republican state Rep. Ken DeGraaf said during remarks on the state's House floor, pointing to paper covering up a sticker in support of the Second Amendment on a laptop he carried with him to the chamber. "It said 'shall not be infringed' and signed '2-A' and that was considered offensive, which I understand would be offensive to this bill," he continued. The remarks come as Colorado lawmakers debate a controversial gun control bill that would limit the sale of some semiautomatic firearms that rely on detachable magazines, such as the popular AR-15 platform. The legislation, Colorado Senate Bill 25-003, would be one of the strictest gun control measures in the country, something the state's Democratic lawmakers argue is necessary to keep citizens safe. "Preventing gun violence is one of the most effective ways that we can make our communities safer and save lives. Semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines are uniquely lethal and dangerous," state Rep. Meg Froelich, a Democatric sponsor of the bill, told KKTV. "This bill is a commonsense solution to ensure that people receive effective training and meet the requirements under state and federal firearm laws before purchasing the most lethal weapons on the market. From background checks and waiting periods to limits on high-capacity magazines, Colorado Democrats have enacted multiple laws to protect Coloradans from future gun violence." The bill has passed the state's Senate and a second reading in the House, according to the KTTV report, which noted that lawmakers largely expect the legislation to be ready for a final vote in the coming week. The bill has faced stiff resistance from Republicans such as DeGraaf, who argue the legislation would run afoul of the U.S. Constitution. DeGraaf accused his Democratic colleagues of being offended by the Constitution during his remarks on the House floor, pointing to the forced removal as an example. As DeGraaf lamented the covering of the sticker, he was informed that the only reason for the request was because such displays are banned in the "well" of the chamber, which sits between the chamber's front desk and the first row of member seats. "So OK, no displays of the Constitution in the well, got it," DeGraaf quipped back.
