US EditionMedia: Local Tv Concentration Is Growing in the United States
Plaintiffs argue the FCC improperly waived ownership caps, creating a broadcaster reaching 80% of the U.S. audience and seek an emergency stay during the appeal process.
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Nexstar to operate TEGNA as subsidiary business while lawsuits proceed
The co-located headquarters and television studios of TEGNA-owned KPNX and Gannett-owned Arizona Republic. (Photo courtesy Google Street View) Nexstar Media Group will operate TEGNA as a subsidiary business while a handful of lawsuits play out in court, according to sources familiar with the company’s plan and statements made to financial regulators this week. The decision to operate TEGNA as a subsidiary business for now will allow Nexstar grea…
Newsmax & DirecTV Appeal FCC's Approval Of Nexstar-Tegna Merger
As state attorneys seek to stop Nexstar’s merger with Tegna, a new group is appealing the FCC’s greenlight to the massive broadcast merger, calling out Donald Trump’s “unprecedented presidential directive” to “Get That Deal Done!” The plaintiffs in the case include Newsmax and a collection of state cable and broadband associations, including ones in Pennsylvania, […]
In the United States, just over seven months before the mid-term elections, competition authorities validated the merger of two of the main local television networks. Nexstar, the sector's number one, purchased its competitor Tegna for just over $6 billion.
Nexstar Closes Tegna Deal; States and Opponents Seek Stays
Nexstar closed its $6.2 billion purchase of Tegna on Thursday night after receiving approval from DOJ and a waiver of the national TV ownership cap from the FCC's Media Bureau. Opponents of the deal -- including DirecTV, several state broadband...
Can They Really Unscramble the Egg? Newsmax Locks Arms with Cable, DIRECTV in Challenging Closed Nexstar-TEGNA Merger
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