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Almost two months to the day since Disney’s Bob Iger hung a for-sale sign on ABC, Bloomberg published a report that “exploratory talks” had commenced with Nexstar Media about a deal for the network. In today’s issue, what I’m hearing about the status of those conversations, the other suitors ringing up Iger & Co., and more.

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