The one word that many true Journalists hate is the word duopolies.

A duopoly allows a company to have two stations in. the same market. And while the company has two stations, it only has one news department.

The company can shrink two news departments into one, save money and the viewer is left with fewer choices for news.

Corporate ownership loves duopolies, no one else does.

Scripps and Gray have decided to trade some stations around, so each can have more duopolies.

Gray will acquire Scripps' WSYM (Fox) in Lansing, Michigan (DMA 113), and KATC (ABC) in Lafayette, Louisiana (DMA 125). The acquisition of WSYM will create a duopoly in Lansing, where Gray owns WILX (NBC), and the acquisition of KATC will complement Gray'spresence in the Southeast, including all other markets in Louisiana.

Scripps will acquire Gray's KKTV (CBS) in Colorado Springs, Colorado (DMA 86), where Scripps owns KOAA (NBC); KKCO (NBC) and low power station KJCT-LP (ABC) in Grand Junction, Colorado (DMA 187); and KMVT (CBS) and low power station KSVT-LD (Fox) in Twin Falls, Idaho (DMA 189), where Scripps owns low power station KSAW-LD (ABC). These acquisitions bolster Scripps' already strong regional presence in the West, where it owns and operates television stations across Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevadaand California.

So what does this mean?

You can expect more cuts, more money pinching and a deleted market when it comes to offering viewers news.

But hey, the suits at both Gray and Scripps are happy.