American media company
CMG Media Corporation
[1]
(
doing business as
Cox Media Group
) is an American
media conglomerate
principally owned by
Apollo Global Management
in conjunction with
Cox Enterprises
, which maintains a 29% minority stake in the company. The company primarily owns radio and television stations?many of which are located in the
South
,
Pacific Northwest
,
Eastern Midwest
, and
Northeast
, and the regional
cable news
network
Pittsburgh Cable News Channel
(PCNC).
Originally founded in December 2008 by Cox Enterprises through a consolidation of its existing publishing and broadcasting subsidiaries, the current incarnation of Cox Media Group was formed on December 17, 2019, through the acquisition by Apollo of the original Cox Media Group (along with Cox Enterprises’ advertising subsidiary, Gamut) from Cox Enterprises, which transferred a controlling interest in the company to Apollo, and
Northwest Broadcasting
from Brian Brady.
History
[
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]
In December 2008,
[2]
Cox Enterprises created Cox Media Group (CMG) by merging Cox Newspapers,
[3]
Cox Radio, and Cox Television into one integrated digital media company. The creation of Cox Media Group was a departure from grouping subsidiaries based solely on publishing medium.
[4]
In August 2009, Cox Enterprises realigned its radio, television, newspaper/publishing, and digital assets into the same division.
[5]
Under the new structure, while the local brands remain independent, they share resources and some management. Dayton, Ohio, was considered the prototype for the media group, where radio, television, newspaper, and direct mail were all in the same market, and were combined into a new building.
[6]
In other markets where the facilities are not as close together, they do share some senior management; for example, Houston and San Antonio Radio and the
Austin American-Statesman
newspaper all fall under the same regional vice president. In addition to the radio/TV stations and newspapers, Cox Media Group encompasses Cox Digital Solutions (digital sales for both Cox and non-Cox online and mobile properties), Cox Reps (national TV sales for station groups such as Gray and Tegna), Kudzu.com, Savings.com, and Valpak direct mail.
[7]
CMG introduced a new group-buying discount program called DealSwarm in October 2010.
[8]
DealSwarm provides online discounts at local businesses. The program is active in such Cox Media Group properties as Atlanta, Austin and Dayton.
In July 2012, CMG announced its intention to sell its radio stations in smaller markets: Birmingham, Greenville, Hawaii, Louisville, Richmond, and Southern Connecticut. It also intends to spin off its smaller-market television stations in El Paso, Johnstown, Reno, and Steubenville.
[9]
The company said it intended to focus on larger markets or smaller markets that could be clustered together with other CMG properties.
In April 2013, CMG launched the online-only new site
Rare.us
as a
conservative
media source, originally with the tagline "Red is the Center", and more recently "America’s News Feed".
[10]
After initially-low audience numbers, the site expanded dramatically following more prominent use of
social media
and a more diverse range of stories.
[10]
On February 12, 2013, CMG announced the sale of the Birmingham, Greenville, Hawaii, Louisville, and Richmond radio stations to
SummitMedia
, and the southern Connecticut stations to
Connoisseur Media
;
[11]
two weeks later, on February 25, the company announced the sale of the four television stations (and the
local marketing agreement
for a fifth) to
Sinclair Broadcast Group
.
[12]
In October 2014, Cox Digital Solutions became Gamut. Smart Media from Cox., offering media solutions to address the evolution of
over-the-top media services
(OTT). With this transition, CMG will cover linear television and radio, and Gamut will focus on OTT/
CTV
.
[13]
Sale of majority stake to Apollo Global Management
[
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]
On July 24, 2018, Cox Enterprises announced that it was "exploring strategic options" for Cox Media Group's television stations, which the company said could involve "partnering or merging these stations into a larger TV company."
[14]
Cox Media Group's president, Kim Guthrie, subsequently clarified to trade publication
Radio & Television Business Report
that the company was solely seeking "a merger or partnership" and not an outright sale of the television stations.
[15]
On February 15, 2019, Cox announced that
Apollo Global Management
would acquire a majority interest in the CMG television stations, as well as the Dayton radio stations and Ohio newspapers (whose operations are integrated with
WHIO-TV
), forming a new company that retains Cox Media Group's management and operating structure; Cox Enterprises holds a minority stake in this company.
[16]
[17]
Cox's other radio stations, as well as
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
, were not included in the deal;
[16]
Cox had previously said that any deal involving the television stations would not include radio stations or newspapers.
[14]
In March 2019 filings with the
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), Apollo disclosed that the new company, tentatively named Terrier Media, would purchase the Cox stations for $3.1 billion (reduced by the value of Cox's equity stake in Terrier).
[18]
On March 18, 2019, the
Atlanta Business Chronicle
reported that Cox Enterprises was "exploring options" for its radio stations.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
would not be included in any potential deal for the stations.
[19]
On June 26, 2019, Cox announced that the radio stations, as well as national advertising business ? CoxReps, and local OTT advertising agency - Gamut, would also be acquired by the Apollo Global Management-backed company, which concurrently announced that it would retain the Cox Media Group name instead of Terrier Media. As they would no longer be grandfathered, the new company must divest a radio station each in the Orlando and Tampa Bay markets.
[20]
Both acquisitions, along with Apollo's concurrent $384 million acquisition of
Northwest Broadcasting
, were approved by the FCC on November 22, 2019, under conditions imposed after a federal court blocked changes to several FCC ownership policies. To comply with regulations prohibiting the cross-ownership of broadcast stations and daily newspapers (which the FCC had sought to repeal), CMG agreed to cut publication of its Ohio newspapers to three days a week within 30 days of the deal's completion; Cox Enterprises also reduced its stake in CMG to a nonattributable interest, eliminating an ownership conflict with
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
. CMG was also required to surrender the licenses to two of Northwest Broadcasting's stations, in
Yuma, Arizona
, and
Syracuse, New York
, where Northwest's existing
duopolies
did not comply with reinstated provisions of the FCC's duopoly rule.
[21]
[22]
Cox announced the closing of the acquisition on December 17, 2019.
[23]
On February 10, 2020, Cox Enterprises announced it would repurchase the
Dayton Daily News
,
Journal-News
, and
Springfield News-Sun
from CMG, once again owning a 100% interest in the newspapers; the sale, which reunited the papers with
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
in Cox Enterprises' newspaper holdings, allowed them to continue daily publication despite the court ruling.
[24]
The sale was officially closed on March 2.
[25]
On February 22, 2022, a partnership of
Standard General
and Apollo announced their intent to acquire
Tegna
; Apollo will hold non-voting shares in the company. As part of the sale, Standard General will sell
Standard Media
's
WDKA
,
WLNE
,
KBSI
, and
KLKN
to CMG, and CMG will also acquire Tegna's stations in Dallas?Fort Worth, Houston, and Austin (including
WFAA
,
KHOU
, and
KVUE
). WFXT will be divested to Standard General.
[26]
[27]
[28]
The sale was approved by Standard General and Apollo Global Management on May 17, 2022.
[29]
On February 24, 2023, it was confirmed that the deal would be given a hearing before an
administrative law judge
, which the FCC Commissioner's Board voted to remand the merger review toward on May 22.
[30]
The deal was terminated on May 22, 2023.
[31]
On March 30, 2022, Cox Media Group announced that it would sell 18 stations, namely
KYMA
in
Yuma, Arizona
;
KIEM
and
KVIQ-LD
in
Eureka, California
;
KPVI
in
Idaho Falls, Idaho
;
KLAX
in
Alexandria, Louisiana
;
WABG
,
WNBD
and
WXVT
in
Greenwood, Mississippi
;
WICZ
in
Binghamton, New York
;
WSYT
in
Syracuse, New York
;
KOKI
and
KMYT
in
Tulsa, Oklahoma
;
KMVU
and
KFBI-LD
in
Medford, Oregon
;
WHBQ
in
Memphis, Tennessee
;
KAYU
in
Spokane, Washington
; and
KCYU-LD
and
KFFX
in
Yakima, Washington
to
Imagicomm Communications
?a
shell company
affiliated with the cable network
INSP
?for an undisclosed amount.
[32]
[33]
[34]
[35]
The sale was completed on August 1.
[36]
Radio stations
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Cox Media Group owns, operates or provides sales and marketing services to 50 stations in 10 markets. This radio portfolio includes 9 AM stations and 41 FM stations.
[37]
Cox Radio became a public company, majority owned by Cox Enterprises, in 1996. Around April 2009,
Cox Enterprises
proposed a US$69-million takeover offer of Cox Radio. The offer expired on May 1, 2009.
[38]
The offer was later raised to $4.80 a share, and the expiration was pushed to May 13.
[39]
The offer was accepted, and the acquisition was completed on June 1.
[40]
- (
**
) ? indicates a station built and signed on by Cox.
Current
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Market
|
Station
|
Owned since
|
Current format
|
Jacksonville, FL
|
WOKV
690
|
2000
|
Sports
(
ESPN Radio
)
|
WAPE-FM
95.1
|
2000
|
Contemporary hit radio
|
WOKV-FM
104.5
|
2000
|
News
/
talk
|
WJGL
96.9
|
2000
|
Classic hits
|
WEZI
102.9
|
2000
|
Soft adult contemporary
|
WHJX
106.5
|
2006
|
Urban adult contemporary
|
Miami
?
Fort Lauderdale
?
Hollywood, FL
|
WEDR
99.1
|
2000
|
Urban contemporary
|
WFLC
97.3 **
|
1946
|
Rhythmic hot adult contemporary
|
WFEZ
93.1
|
2000
|
Soft adult contemporary
|
WHQT
105.1
|
1992
|
Urban adult contemporary
|
Orlando, FL
|
WDBO
580
|
1997
|
News/talk
|
WCFB
94.5
|
1997
|
Urban adult contemporary
|
WOEX
96.5
|
1997
|
Spanish-language contemporary hits
|
WMMO
98.9
|
1997
|
Classic hits
|
WWKA
92.3
|
1997
|
Country
|
Tampa
?
St. Petersburg
?
Clearwater, FL
|
WDUV
105.5
|
1999
|
Soft adult contemporary
|
WHPT
102.5
|
1999
|
Hot talk
|
WTBV
101.5
|
1999
|
Urban adult contemporary
|
WWRM
94.9
|
1993
|
Hot adult contemporary
|
WXGL
107.3
|
1988
|
Classic hits
|
Atlanta, GA
|
WSB
750
|
1939
|
News/talk
|
WALR-FM
104.1
|
2000
|
Urban adult contemporary
|
WSBB-FM
95.5
|
1999
|
simulcasts WSB (AM)
|
WSB-FM
98.5 **
|
1948
|
Adult contemporary
|
WSRV
97.1
|
2000
|
Classic hits
|
Athens, GA
|
WGAU
1340
|
2008
|
News/talk
|
WRFC
960
|
2008
|
Sports
|
WGMG
102.1
|
2008
|
Adult contemporary
|
WNGC
106.1
|
2008
|
Country
|
WPUP
100.1
|
2008
|
Contemporary hit radio
|
WXKT
103.7
|
2008
|
Adult hits
|
Nassau
?
Suffolk, NY
|
WBAB
102.3
|
1998
|
Classic rock
|
WBLI
106.1
|
1998
|
Top 40
|
WHFM
95.3
|
1998
|
simulcasts
WBAB
|
Dayton, OH
|
WHIO
1290 **
|
1935
|
News-talk
|
WHIO-FM
95.7
|
1998
|
simulcasts WHIO (AM)
|
WHKO
99.1 **
|
1946
|
Country
|
WZLR
95.3
|
1998
|
Classic hits
|
Tulsa, OK
|
KRMG
740
|
1997
|
News-talk
|
KJSR
103.3
|
1997
|
Classic rock
|
KRMG-FM
102.3
|
1999
|
simulcasts KRMG (AM)
|
KRAV-FM
96.5
|
1996
|
Hot adult contemporary
|
KWEN
95.5
|
1997
|
Country
|
San Antonio, TX
|
KKYX
680
|
1997
|
Classic country
|
KONO
860
|
1998
|
Oldies
|
KCYY
100.3
|
1997
|
Country
|
KISS-FM
99.5
|
1997
|
Mainstream rock
|
KONO-FM
101.1
|
1998
|
Classic hits
|
KTKX
106.7
|
1997
|
Classic rock
|
KSMG
105.3
|
1997
|
Hot adult contemporary
|
Former
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]
Market
|
Station
|
Current status
|
Baltimore, MD
|
WLIF
101.9
|
Owned by
Audacy, Inc.
|
Birmingham, AL
|
WAGG
610
|
Owned by
SummitMedia
|
WENN
1320
|
Owned by SummitMedia
|
WBHJ
95.7
|
Owned by SummitMedia
|
WBHK
98.7
|
Owned by SummitMedia
|
WBPT
106.9
|
Owned by SummitMedia
|
WZNN 97.3
|
WPYA
, owned by SummitMedia
|
WZZK-FM
104.7
|
Owned by SummitMedia
|
Bridgeport, CT
|
WEZN-FM
99.9
|
Owned by
Connoisseur Media
|
New Haven, CT
|
WPLR
99.1
|
Owned by Connoisseur Media
|
Stamford
?
Norwalk, CT
|
WFOX
95.9
|
Owned by Connoisseur Media
|
Orlando, FL
|
WPYO
95.3
|
Owned by
Spanish Broadcasting System
|
Tampa
?
St. Petersburg, FL
|
WSUN
97.1
|
Owned by Spanish Broadcasting System
|
Honolulu, HI
|
KKNE
940
|
Owned by SummitMedia
|
KRTR 650
|
KPRP
, owned by SummitMedia
|
KCCN-FM
100.3
|
Owned by SummitMedia
|
KINE-FM
105.1
|
Owned by SummitMedia
|
KPHW
104.3
|
Owned by SummitMedia
|
KRTR-FM
96.3
|
Owned by SummitMedia
|
Louisville, KY
|
WRKA
103.9
|
Owned by SummitMedia
|
WQNU
103.1
|
Owned by SummitMedia
|
WSFR
107.7
|
Owned by SummitMedia
|
WVEZ
106.9
|
Owned by SummitMedia
|
Greenville
?
Spartanburg, SC
|
WHZT
98.1
|
Owned by SummitMedia
|
WJMZ-FM
107.3
|
Owned by SummitMedia
|
Houston
?
Galveston, TX
|
KHPT
106.9
|
Owned by
Urban One
|
KGLK
107.5
|
Owned by Urban One
|
KKBQ
92.9
|
Owned by Urban One
|
KTHT 97.1
|
KLVH
, owned by
Educational Media Foundation
|
Richmond, VA
|
WJSR
100.9
|
Owned by SummitMedia
|
WKHK
95.3
|
Owned by SummitMedia
|
WKLR
96.5
|
Owned by SummitMedia
|
WURV
103.7
|
Owned by SummitMedia
|
Talk shows
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]
Television stations
[
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]
Stations are listed in alphabetical order by state and
city of license
.
- (
**
) - Indicates a station built and signed on by Cox.
Current
[
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]
Former
[
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]
City of license
/
market
|
Station
|
Channel
|
Years owned
|
Current status
|
Yuma, AZ
?
El Centro, CA
|
KYMA-DT
|
11
|
2019?2020
[d]
|
Defunct, license surrendered in 2020
[e]
|
KSWT/KYMA-DT
|
13
|
2019?2022
[d]
|
CBS
affiliate owned by
Imagicomm Communications
|
Eureka, CA
|
KIEM-TV
|
3
|
2019?2022
[d]
|
NBC
affiliate owned by Imagicomm Communications
|
KVIQ-LD
|
14
|
2019?2022
[d]
|
CBS affiliate owned by Imagicomm Communications
|
Oakland
?
San Francisco
?
San Jose, CA
|
KTVU
|
2
|
1963?2014
|
Fox
owned-and-operated (
O&O
)
[41]
[42]
|
KICU-TV
|
36
|
2000?2014
|
Independent station
owned by
Fox Television Stations
[41]
[42]
|
Miami
?
Fort Lauderdale, FL
|
WCKT **
|
7
|
1956?1962
[f]
|
Fox affiliate
WSVN
, owned by
Sunbeam Television
|
Pocatello
?
Idaho Falls, ID
|
KPVI-DT
|
6
|
2019?2022
[d]
|
NBC affiliate owned by Imagicomm Communications
|
Alexandria, LA
|
KLAX-TV
|
31
|
2019?2022
[d]
|
ABC
affiliate owned by Imagicomm Communications
|
KWCE-LP
|
27
|
2019?2021
[d]
|
Defunct, license surrendered in 2021
|
Detroit, MI
|
WKBD-TV
|
50
|
1984?1993
|
Independent station owned by
CBS News and Stations
|
Greenville
?
Greenwood, MS
|
WABG-TV
|
6
|
2019?2022
[d]
|
ABC affiliate owned by Imagicomm Communications
|
WNBD-LD
|
33
|
2019?2022
[d]
|
NBC affiliate owned by Imagicomm Communications
|
WXVT-LD
|
17
|
2019?2022
[d]
|
CBS affiliate owned by Imagicomm Communications
|
WFXW
|
15
|
2019?2020
[g]
|
Tri-State Christian Television
owned-and-operated (O&O)
|
Binghamton, NY
|
WICZ-TV
|
40
|
2019?2022
[d]
|
Fox affiliate owned by Imagicomm Communications
|
WBPN-LP
|
10
|
2019?2021
|
Defunct, license surrendered in 2021
|
Syracuse, NY
|
WSYT
|
68
|
2019?2022
[d]
|
Fox affiliate owned by Imagicomm Communications
|
WNYS-TV
|
43
|
2019?2020
[d]
|
Defunct, license surrendered in 2020
|
St. Louis, MO
|
KDNL-TV
|
30
|
1982?1989
|
ABC affiliate owned by
Sinclair Broadcast Group
|
Reno, NV
|
KRXI-TV
|
11
|
1995?2013
|
Fox affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
|
KAME-TV
|
21
|
1995?2013
[h]
|
MyNetworkTV
affiliate
KNSN-TV
, owned by
Deerfield Media
[i]
|
Steubenville, OH
?
Wheeling, WV
|
WTOV-TV
|
9
|
2000?2013
|
NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
|
Tulsa, OK
|
KOKI-TV
|
23
|
2012?2022
[a]
|
Fox affiliate owned by Imagicomm Communications
|
KMYT-TV
|
41
|
2012?2022
[a]
|
MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Imagicomm Communications
|
Medford, OR
|
KMVU-DT
|
26
|
2019?2022
[d]
|
Fox affiliate owned by Imagicomm Communications
|
KFBI-LD
|
48
|
2019?2022
[d]
|
MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Imagicomm Communications
|
Johnstown
?
Altoona, PA
|
WJAC-TV
|
6
|
2000?2013
|
NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
|
Memphis, TN
|
WHBQ-TV
|
13
|
2014?2022
[c]
|
Fox affiliate owned by Imagicomm Communications
|
El Paso, TX
|
KFOX-TV
|
14
|
1996?2013
|
Fox affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
|
Tacoma
?
Seattle, WA
|
KSTW
|
11
|
1997
|
Independent station owned by CBS News and Stations
|
Spokane, WA
|
KAYU-TV
|
28
|
2019?2022
[d]
|
Fox affiliate owned by Imagicomm Communications
|
Tri-Cities
?
Yakima, WA
|
KFFX-TV
|
11
|
2019?2022
[d]
|
Fox affiliate owned by Imagicomm Communications
|
KCYU-LD
[j]
|
41
|
2019?2022
[d]
|
Fox affiliate owned by Imagicomm Communications
|
Cable channels
[
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]
Former assets
[
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]
The following outlets were at one time owned by subsidiary Cox Newspapers Inc. or CMG:
Daily newspapers
[
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]
- Dayton Daily News
,
Dayton, Ohio
- Journal-News
,
Hamilton, Ohio
- Springfield News-Sun
,
Springfield, Ohio
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
,
Atlanta
- Austin American-Statesman
,
Austin, Texas
- Chandler Arizonan
,
Chandler, Arizona
- The Daily Advance
,
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
- The Daily Reflector
,
Greenville, North Carolina
- The Daily Sentinel
,
Nacogdoches, Texas
- The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
,
Grand Junction, Colorado
- Longview News-Journal
,
Longview, Texas
- The Lufkin Daily News
,
Lufkin, Texas
- The Marshall News Messenger
,
Marshall, Texas
- Mesa Tribune
,
Mesa, Arizona
- Miami News
,
Miami, Florida
- Orange Leader
,
Orange, Texas
- Palm Beach Daily News
,
Palm Beach, Florida
- The Palm Beach Post
,
West Palm Beach, Florida
- Palo Verde Valley
Times
,
Blythe, California
- Port Arthur News
,
Port Arthur, Texas
- Rocky Mount Telegram
,
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
- Scottsdale Progress
,
Mesa, Arizona
- Tempe Daily News
,
Tempe, Arizona
- Waco Tribune-Herald
,
Waco, Texas
Weekly newspapers
[
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]
- Beaufort-Hyde News
,
Belhaven, North Carolina
- Bertie Ledger-Advance
,
Windsor, North Carolina
- The Chowan Herald
,
Edenton, North Carolina
- The Duplin Times
,
Kenansville, North Carolina
- The Enterprise
,
Williamston, North Carolina
- Farmville Enterprise
, North Carolina
- The Nickel-Grand Junction
,
Grand Junction, Colorado
- Perquimans Weekly
,
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
- Standard Laconic
,
Snow Hill, North Carolina
- Times-Leader
, Ayden-Grifton, North Carolina
- Weekly Herald
,
Robersonville, North Carolina
Websites
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]
Notes
[
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]
- ^
a
b
c
Acquired from
Newport Television
.
- ^
Owned by Hoffman Communications, Inc.; CMG operates the station under a
shared services agreement
.
- ^
a
b
Acquired from
Fox Television Stations
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
Acquired from
Northwest Broadcasting
.
- ^
Owned by CMG, News-Press & Gazette Company operated KYMA via a
shared services agreement
. In January 2020, CMG surrendered the license of KYMA (which the callsign was subsequently changed to KSWT), and moved its NBC programming to a subchannel to KSWT (which the callsign was subsequently changed to KYMA).
- ^
Co-owned with
Knight Newspapers
until 1962 in an equally-divided joint venture.
- ^
Owned by John Wagner; CMG operated WFXW under a shared services agreement.
- ^
Owned by Ellis Communications, Cox operated this station under a
joint sales agreement
along with sister station KRXI-TV.
- ^
Operated under an
SSA
by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
- ^
Semi-satellite of KFFX-TV.
References
[
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]
- ^
https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/draftcopy/25076f917e3a992f017e5fa6e6b07c3e
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