Ugly battle between CBS and affiliates adds another wrinkle to Paramount deal

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Ugly battle between CBS and affiliates adds another wrinkle to Paramount deal

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The obstacles impeding Paramount’s $8 billion sale to Skydance keep piling up, and much of it involves CBS, the so-called Tiffany Network, and whether it has shed its rep for disseminating honest news.

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The obstacles impeding Paramount’s $8 billion sale to Skydance keep piling up, and much of it involves CBS, the so-called Tiffany Network, and whether it has shed its rep for disseminating honest news.

Another major hurdle getting a lot less attention but could loom just as important is a nasty battle between CBS, Paramount’s news and entertainment subsidiary, and around 70 affiliates, the local broadcast stations that are independently owned, largely in Middle America, aka Trump Country, The Post has learned.

They are crying foul to the administration because CBS wants to jack up prices to carry its programming and they say the price hikes are making it difficult for them to...

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