Nexstar

The merger would increase costs for consumers and “consolidate newsrooms of previously separate Big 4 stations, degrading the content and quality of local news broadcasts” the lawsuit alleged

The study filed with the FCC found that in `the majority of duopolies, triopolies, and quadropolies’ station groups offered `essentially the same local news’

Nexstar spent $3.2 million lobbying the FCC in 2025 on various issues while Sinclair spent $800,000, according a new report from OpenSecrets

FCC Chair Carr posted social media comments saying `Trump is exactly right.’

The rural broadband association argued deal would produce higher retrans fees that will have a “severe and worsening impact” on rural communities

Public interest groups, labor unions and civil rights organizations sent a letter backing Free Press FCC filing opposing the deal

The filing blasts opponents as `wolves in sheep’s clothing” who `recycle hopelessly outdated arguments that are wrong on the law and wrong on policy”

The creative hub will create cross-platform branded content for local stations, CW and NewsNation

Because the combined company would serve 54.5% of the national audience, Nexstar is seeking a waiver of the 39% ownership cap

‘NO EXPANSION OF THE FAKE NEWS NETWORKS. If anything, make them SMALLER!’ Trump posted on Truth Social