From Variety RSS Feed: Nexstar CEO Lays Out Next Steps in Legal Fight Over Tegna Deal, Including ‘Complete Laundry List of All Threatened and Pending Litigation That We’re Aware Of’
Nexstar CEO Perry Sook said the the company's effort to fend off a legal challenge to its $6.2 billion merger with rival Tegna is "a fight worth having."
From Deadline RSS Feed: More State Attorneys General, Including Some Republicans, Join Antitrust Lawsuit Against Nexstar-Tegna Merger; Ohio Reaches Settlement
Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Vermont have teamed with eight other states in an antitrust suit aimed at blocking the Nexstar-Tegna deal.
A California federal judge halted Nexstar's $6.2 billion Tegna merger via preliminary injunction amid antitrust suits from states and DirecTV, citing likely Clayton Act breaches and consumer harm.…
The FCC approved the deal less than a day after eight state attorneys general sued to block it. The combined entity would become the nation’s largest operator of local TV stations.