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NEW YORK — Media company Twenty-First Century Fox has agreed to buy seven TV stations — including Utah's Fox 13 — from Sinclair Broadcast Group for $910 million.
The move comes as Sinclair is selling some stations to meet regulatory approval for its pending $3.9 billion acquisition of Tribune Media. Meanwhile, Disney is pursuing a $52 billion takeover of much of Fox, though TV stations will stay with Rupert Murdoch's family under a new Fox company.
Two of the Sinclair stations are in California, and the rest are in Colorado, Florida, Ohio and Washington.
Sinclair will retain ownership of KUTV Channel 2 in Salt Lake City.
Fox said the deal will let it compete in 19 of the top 20 markets, with a larger presence in the West.
In April, Sinclair agreed to sell nine TV stations to Standard Media Group for $442 million.
Both Sinclair deals are contingent on the acquisition of Tribune Media closing. The Fox deal is expected to close in the second half of the year.
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