| Potential investor/buyer | Hicks Equity Partners LLC |
| Notes | Trump’s people looked into purchasing “fledgling pro-Trump cable channel” Newsmax as a means of taking over the message delivery system for right-wing Americans, said the Journal. “Hicks Equity Partners, a private-equity firm with ties to a co-chair of the Republican National Committee, has held talks in recent months about acquiring and investing in Newsmax, according to people familiar with the matter, part of a larger effort that could also include a streaming-video service,” |