AT&T Considers Selling Regional Sports Networks to Slash Debt

  • The four networks could fetch close to $1 billion in auction
  • Sinclair, which bought Fox networks, may be among the suitors
Why AT&T Is Considering a Sale of Its Sports Networks
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AT&T Inc. is weighing a sale of its regional sports networks as part of a planBloomberg Terminal to cut as much as $8 billion in debt by the end of the year, according to people familiar with the matter.

The four regional networks, which includes rights to teams such as hockey’s Pittsburgh Penguins, basketball’s Houston Rockets and baseball’s Seattle Mariners, could fetch close to $1 billion, according to the people, who asked not to be identified as the deliberations are private.