Nexstar, FCC ask D.C. court to toss legal challenge over TEGNA acquisition

Nexstar, FCC ask D.C. court to toss legal challenge over TEGNA acquisition

Reporters from KTLA-TV and other news channels at a press conference in 2014. KTLA is owned by Nexstar Media Group. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons, editing by The Desk) Nexstar Media Group and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to dismiss a pending lawsuit brought by a watchdog group called the Free Press, saying the lower court in the case lacks standing because th…

FCC and Nexstar Call for DC Circuit to Reject Merger Challenges

The FCC and Nexstar called for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to dismiss legal challenges to the Media Bureau's approval of the Nexstar/Tegna deal in reply filings Friday. It's "binding circuit precedent" that a petition for...