"The collapse of the proposed merger between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Tribune Media is a huge win for consumers. If approved, Sinclair would have controlled 73 percent of the market in the U.S., the largest broadcast company in the country. It would have had damaging effects on the integrity and diversity of our broadcast media.

"In a democracy, there should be many voices to the many, not fewer and I'm glad that this mega-merger is dead."