Sinclair agrees to pay record-setting $48 million FCC civil penalty: agency

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sinclair Broadcast Group has agreed to pay a $48 million fine to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) resolving the probe into the company’s abandoned deal to buy Tribune Media in what the agency said was its largest-ever civil penalty.

Sinclair did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Sandra Maler)