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Gray purchases Meredith station group

WGCL has removed all traces of Meredith material (People on TV, magazine covers) from their site. The Gray synergy has already been affected.
 
Ccook55 said:
WGCL has removed all traces of Meredith material (People on TV, magazine covers) from their site. The Gray synergy has already been affected.
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KTVK/KPHO is now showing Gray Media Group at the end of their newscasts, but the AZFamily.com website still says Meredith.
 
Ccook55 said:
WGCL has removed all traces of Meredith material (People on TV, magazine covers) from their site. The Gray synergy has already been affected.
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I wonder if the former Meredith stations will downgrade the “People on TV” show? KTVK kicked ET to a late night time slot for this experiment. Not that I care about show biz tabloid shows, but I’d imagine ET is still more popular.
 
WGCL/WPCH still has Meredith's e-mail address regarding their privacy policy. I expect that will change soon.
 
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EricStein said:
I wonder if the former Meredith stations will downgrade the “People on TV” show? KTVK kicked ET to a late night time slot for this experiment. Not that I care about show biz tabloid shows, but I’d imagine ET is still more popular.
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I thought people was going into larger syndication.
 
Don CT said:
I thought people was going into larger syndication.
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That could change since the magazine portfolio is now in the hands of Barry Diller. It's pretty risky to nationally launch a syndicated show when broadcast TV ratings are dropping.
 
EricStein said:
That could change since the magazine portfolio is now in the hands of Barry Diller. It's pretty risky to nationally launch a syndicated show when broadcast TV ratings are dropping.
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Who owns the rights to People on TV. Are they licensing the name?
 
Wikipedia has updated their entry on WGCL/WPCH reflecting the Gray ownership.
 
www.mediapost.com

Dotdash Becomes The Largest Publisher In The U.S.

Dotdash, a unit of Barry Diller's Interactive Corp/IAC, has closed its acquisition of Meredith Corp's print and digital magazine business. It now owns iconic titles.
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Another factor in the Meredith deal is that Dotdash takes over brands like People, Better Homes & Gardens, Food & Wine, Allrecipes, Southern Living, InStyle and Real Simple are now managed by Barry Diller's IAC group.
 
Hoping the former Meredith stations get the Gray website template eventually. The Gray sites are a lot easier to navigate and have less fluff/clutter.
 
CBS Hartford has "Gray Television" at the bottom of the channel 3 website. I doubt much would change on-air now, since this station usually wins the area ratings. Also, the recent changes also effect the Western Mass News station cluster up in Springfield/Holyoke.
 
nomadcowatbk said:
and now KCTV is airing a Time Life infomercial at 6:30PM instead of People Now
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Already the People show is being dropped? Only a matter of time before all of them do.
 
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