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Fisher Communications was a media company in the United States. Based in Seattle, Washington, the company primarily owned a number of radio and television stations in the Western United States. It was the last company in the Seattle area to own a local TV station before being acquired by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Fisher was acquired the same year KOMO-TV's competitor KING-TV's owner, Belo, was acquired by Gannett Company. ==History== :''See also KOMO (AM)'' Fisher Companies, Inc.'s Fisher Communications by 1998 owned 25 radio stations and 2 TV stations. Fisher Companies also owned a flour milling and food distribution company and real estate development subsidiary. In 1999 Retlaw Enterprises sold its remaining 11 television stations to Fisher Communications, including all of the related assets to those properties for $215 million in cash.〔 Fisher began to sell many of its properties in the mid-2000s, including real estate, its longtime flour milling operation, and its stake in Safeco. By 2011, Fisher Communications was down to 10 radio stations.〔("Fisher Communications." ) Company Profile. Hoover's, Inc., 2012. Answers.com 20 Jul. 2012.〕 On April 11, 2013, Fisher (which by then owned 20 television stations and only three radio stations) announced that it would be acquired by the Sinclair Broadcast Group.〔 However, the deal was subject to financial scrutiny; the law firm Levi & Korsinsky notified Fisher shareholders with accusations that Fisher's board of directors were breaching fiduciary duties by "failing to adequately shop the Company before agreeing to enter into the transaction", and Sinclair was underpaying for Fisher's stock.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130423-912630.html?mod=googlenews_wsj )〕 Shortly after the announcement, a lawsuit was filed by a Fisher shareholder;〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nasdaq.com/article/fisher-communications-inc-fsci-investor-lawsuit-to-stop-takeover-by-sinclair-broadcast-group-announced-by-shareholders-foundation-20130422-00597#.UXf1RNzrxPE )〕 the suit was settled in July 2013, on August 6 Fisher's shareholders approved the merger. The FCC granted its approval of the sale of August 7.〔http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1563064.pdf〕 On August 8, Sinclair announced that the sale was completed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fisher Communications」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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