Jimmy Kimmel, Nexstar and Sinclair
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Nexstar and Sinclair Lost Their Game of Chicken
Yet Kimmel’s suspension also reflected something else: a flex by the broadcast-media companies Nexstar and Sinclair, which, over the past two decades, have acquired hundreds of local TV stations, and together own roughly 20 percent of all ABC affiliates.
HF Sinclair began a scheduled 75-day maintenance turnaround at its 149,000 b/d Puget Sound refinery in Anacortes, Wash., according to market sources. An HF Sinclair spokesperson said in an email that planned third-quarter maintenance is scheduled at the refinery,
Upstate New Yorkers can watch "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" again as the two companies electing not to air the show have reversed their decision. Sinclair Broadcasting Group and Nexstar Media Group refused to air the first few episodes of the talk show's return last week despite Disney and ABC ending Jimmy Kimmel's suspension,