A federal judge’s decision to block the merger between Nexstar Media Group, Inc. NXST and TEGNA Inc. has become one of the most significant antitrust battles in the U.S. media industry in years. The ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge has blocked a $6.2 billion merger of local television giants Nexstar Media Group and rival Tegna until an antitrust lawsuit is resolved. U.S. District Court Chief ...

・In February, President Donald Trump backed NSXT’s merger with TGNA, after opposing it in November 2025. ・Earlier this month, the Federal Communications Commission waived its rules and approved the ...

A federal judge has blocked a $6.2 billion merger of local television giants Nexstar Media Group and rival Tegna until an antitrust lawsuit is resolved. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Troy L. Nunley ...

Nexstar Media‘s $6.2 billion acquisition of rival TV station group owner Tegna is on hold after a federal judge ruled that the proposed merger “is presumed likely to ‌violate ⁠antitrust laws based on ...

Nexstar has fired back at a lawsuit filed by DirecTV and attorneys general of several states aiming to derail the local TV giant’s $6.2 billion merger with rival Tegna. In a request for an expedited ...

Acquisition by Nexstar of Tegna involving television affiliates in the Charlotte, Greensboro and Virginia Tidewater market stretching into eight northeastern North Carolina counties will remain on ...

A federal judge halted the $6.2 billion merger of television station giants Nexstar Media Group and Tegna after eight states and satellite broadcaster DirecTV sued to block the deal on antitrust ...

Most of the senior corporate management team at local TV giant Tegna has left the company as the legal battle over its merger ...

A federal judge on Friday extended an emergency restraining order on a $6.2 billion merger between Nexstar Media Group and Tegna for one week while he decides whether a longer block on the deal is ...