Despite the fact that the Sinclair deal to acquire Tribune has not been approved, Sinclair knows that they have greased enough palms and sucked up to the right people, that it is going to happen. 

They are so confident, that Sinclair CEO Chris Ripley has sent an internal memo to the employees of Tribune, telling them how the transition will go. 

Of course, FTVLive has obtained a copy of the internal memo. 

You know it's not good when the CEO of the company taking your station over is already talking about severance pay before they even take control.    

Here is a copy of the memo, obtained by FTVLive: