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A Democratic End to a Messy Fight Over Billionaire Ergen’s EchoStar

Creditors hashed out a $15 billion restructuring as equals
The logo oif the Dish satellite-television network is engraved on a decorative stone outside EchoStar headquartersPhotographer: Matthew Staver/Bloomberg News. Photographer: Matthew Staver/Bloomberg News.
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Welcome to The Brink. I’m Reshmi Basu, a reporter in New York, where I looked how a cooperation pact was a saving grace for Dish and its creditors. We also have news on a legal challenge to Liberty Puerto Rico’s LME and Fortress managers skirting software “no man’s land.” Follow this link to subscribe. Send us feedback and tips at debtnews@bloomberg.net.

Years in the making, Dish’s more than $15 billion restructuring came together after lenders found a democratic solution to a messy problem.