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                                  Before the 
                        Federal Communications Commission 
                             Washington, D.C. 20554 
 
In the Matter of                      )    
                                      ) 
Consent to Transfer Control of Certain Subsidiaries )  MB Docket No. 22-162  
of TEGNA Inc. to SGCI Holdings III LLC  )      
                                      )         LMS File Nos. 0000186355 et al.  
Consent to Transfer Control of Certain Subsidiaries  )  
of Community News Media LLC to CMG Media  )    
Operating Company, LLC                  )       LMS File Nos. 0000186354 et al.  
                                        )    
Consent to Transfer Control of Television Station  )   
WFXT(TV), Boston, MA, from a Subsidiary of  )   LMS File No. 0000186353  
CMG Media Operating Company, LLC to SGCI  )    
Holdings III LLC                       )      
                                        )      
Consent to Assign Licenses from Certain  )      LMS File Nos. 0000186458 et al.  
Subsidiaries of TEGNA Inc. to Subsidiaries of  )  
CMG Media Corporation                   )  
                                       )  
                                        
                                         
                      ORDER TERMINATING PROCEEDING 
 
Issued:  June 1, 2023                                       Released:  June 1, 2023 
 
Appearances:  Jessica T. Nyman, Esq., Scott R. Flick, Esq., Miguel A. Estrada, Esq., and Jonathan C. 
Bond, Esq., on behalf of SGCI Holdings III LLC and Community News Media LLC; Jennifer A. Johnson, 
Esq., and Jocelyn G. Jezierny, Esq., on behalf of TEGNA, Inc.; Michael D. Basile, Esq., and Henry H. 
Wendel, Esq., on behalf of CMG Media Corporation and Teton Parent Corp.; Arthur V. Belendiuk, Esq., 
Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Esq., and David Goodfriend, Esq., on behalf of The News Guild-CWA and 
National Association of Broadcast Employees and Engineers-CWA; Cheryl Leanza, Esq., on behalf of 
United Church of Christ, Office of Communication, Inc. d/b/a United Church of Christ Media Justice 
Ministry; Kathay Feng, Esq., on behalf of Common Cause Education Fund; Pamela S. Kane, Esq., and 
Pamela Gallant, Esq., on behalf of the Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications Commission 
       
      1.    The above-captioned hearing proceeding was initiated by the FCC’s Media Bureau on 
February 24, 2023, to consider issues raised by applications that seek consent to transfer control of FCC 
licenses held by TEGNA, Inc. to SGCI Holdings III, LLC (SGCI), as well as related transactions.1  An 
initial status conference was held at FCC Headquarters in the above-captioned matter on April 26, 2023, 
after which the Presiding Judge ordered that the proceeding be held in abeyance until further notice.2  The 
Presiding Judge took this action due to representations that the underlying transactions would likely not 
survive beyond May 22, 2023, which provided insufficient time to conduct a hearing.  She instructed 
SGCI Holdings III LLC and Community News Media LLC, TEGNA Inc., and CMG Media Corporation 
                         
1 Consent to Transfer Control of Certain Subsidiaries of TEGNA, Inc., et al., Hearing Designation Order, MB 
Docket No. 22-162, DA 23-149 (MB Feb. 24, 2023) (TEGNA/SGCI HDO).   
2 Consent to Transfer Control of Certain Subsidiaries of TEGNA, Inc., et al., Order Summarizing Initial Conference, 
MB Docket No. 22-162, FCC 23M-09 (ALJ Apr. 27, 2023).   
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and Teton Parent Corp. to file a status report on or before June 1, 2023, to update the record.3       
       
      2.    SGCI/Community News Media filed its status report on May 24, 2023. TEGNA and 
CMG Media/Teton Parent Corp. filed their status reports on May 25, 2023.4  All three status reports 
affirm that the merger agreement underlying the transactions that are the subject of this proceeding was  
terminated on May 22, 2023.  Further, TEGNA and CMG Media/Teton Parent Corp. each withdraw their 
Notice of Appearance filed in this proceeding and state that they will no longer participate in the hearing 
as a party.5  SGCI/Community News Media indicates its willingness to continue participating in the 
hearing.6  
       
      3.    The TEGNA/SGCI HDO tasked the Presiding Judge with determining whether the 
proposed transactions would lead to an increase in retransmission consent fees and would adversely affect 
local content and programming in light of, inter alia, SGCI’s plans for station-level staff and investment.7 
Because the merger arrangement has been dissolved and the underlying FCC applications are being 
withdrawn to the extent technically possible,8 the issues designated for hearing are moot.  It is not in the 
public interest to expend the time and resources to continue this hearing as an academic exercise.  This 
proceeding is therefore terminated.   
 
      4.    Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the above-captioned hearing proceeding IS 
TERMINATED. 
 
 
 
                                    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
       
       
 
                                    Jane Hinckley Halprin 
                                    Administrative Law Judge 


                         
3 Id. at para. 4. 
4 SGCI Holdings III LLC and Community News Media LLC, Status Report, MB Docket No. 22-162 (filed May 24, 
2023) (SGCI/CNM Status Report); TEGNA Inc. Status Report and Withdrawal of Appearance, MB Docket No. 22-
162 (filed May 25, 2023) (TEGNA Status Report); CMG Media Corporation and Teton Parent Corp. Status Report 
and Withdrawal of Appearance, MB Docket No. 22-162 (filed May 25, 2023) (CMG/TPC Status Report).   
5 TEGNA Status Report at 2; CMG/TPC Status Report at 2. 
6 SGCI/CNM Status Report at 2. 
7 TEGNA/SGCI HDO at para. 51. 
8 TEGNA Status Report at 2; CMG/TPC Status Report at 2. 
 
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