A Federal Judge Leaves an Order Blocking Nexstar's Massive Merger of Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Stations

Analyst: Preliminary Injunction Halting Nexstar/Tegna Deal `Could Ice Broadcast M&A’

If the judge issues a preliminary injunction blocking the integration of Nexstar and Tegna, the trial and appeals could eat up most of 2026 and 2027

A Federal Judge Leaves an Order Blocking Nexstar's Massive Merger of Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Stations

A federal judge has upheld an injunction for now blocking the completed acquisition of Tegna Inc. by Nexstar Media Group, preventing the full integration of hundreds of local television stations affiliated with ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC in a $6.2 billion deal. The decision by Judge Nunley leaves the massive merger in legal limbo for […] The post A Federal Judge Leaves an Order Blocking Nexstar’s Massive Merger of Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Stations…

Nexstar asks states, including Colorado, for $150M bond to cover damages from order slowing merger with Tegna

Allowing the $6.2 billion tie up of Nexstar Media Group and Tegna Inc. to proceed is bad for competition and bad for local journalism, lawyers for eight states and DirecTV argued in court Tuesday, as they asked for an antitrust case to proceed that would stop the megamerger.  But putting the toothpaste back in the tube nearly three weeks after closing on the deal would be costly for the TV giant, costs Nexstar wants passed along to those fightin…

Federal judge delays order on injunction in Nexstar-TEGNA merger lawsuit

Nexstar CEO Perry Sook attends a hearing in an antitrust lawsuit challenging his company’s acquisition of TEGNA. (Photo by Matthew Keys for The Desk) A federal judge in Sacramento has postponed a ruling on a temporary injunction in a lawsuit filed by DIRECTV and several state attorneys general challenging Nexstar Media Group’s $6.2 billion acquisition of peer broadcaster TEGNA. During a three-hour court hearing on Tuesday, Judge Troy Nunley of t…

Federal judge could halt Nexstar-Tegna TV station merger

Lawyers for TV station giant Nexstar, which owns KTLA, argued that last month's mammoth merger with Tegna would not lessen competition.

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