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Cumulus says it doesn’t need to buy CBS Radio.

CBS says it doesn’t need to sell CBS Radio – maybe just a few smaller clusters.

Neither denies that they are negotiating with each other because to do so would mean big trouble for two public companies at the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Here’s the deal that wins.

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2. The one condition he will not hear of negotiating away.
3. The CBS timeline – a winning bid would likely follow this sequence of events.
4. The slight ray of hope for current CBS employees who want all this acquisition talk to go away – it’s there, but as you will see, it is slim.
5. And the biggest mind-blowing detail of all!  Why CBS is secretly very motivated to sell and sell soon despite all the rhetoric.

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