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06/10/2026

Media M&A Outlook

A group of M&A experts gathered at this week’s Kagan media and telecom summit to discuss consolidation, including how cable nets could drive future deals.

By Cablefax Staff

Found in: Brendan Carr / CBS / DOJ / FCC / Fox Corp / fox news / Kagan / Naveen Sarma / Nexstar / Paramount Skydance / S&P Global Ratings / TEGNA
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06/08/2026

Report: State Challenge to PSKY-WBD Imminent

The $110 billion Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger seems poised to get the all clear from antitrust regulators at the DOJ, but could soon face hurdles at the state level.

By Cablefax Staff

Found in: Nexstar / Paramount Skydance / Rob Bonta / TEGNA
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06/04/2026

Nexstar, Scripps, Sinclair on Merger Madness

Nexstar President/COO Michael Biard phoned into Gabelli’s annual sports and media symposium in NYC on Thursday to give a status update on where things stand in the courts with its Tegna merger.

By John Saavedra

Found in: Scripps / TEGNA / Nexstar / broadcast ownership / litigation / Broadcast / DirecTV / merger / Sinclair
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06/04/2026

Nexstar Says No to RSNs

With sports leagues preparing to renegotiate their media rights deals in the coming years, there’s plenty of curiosity about where local broadcasters will fall in a potential rights reshuffling.

By Cablefax Staff

Found in: CW / Nexstar / Michael Biard
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05/29/2026

NAB Joins Nexstar Appeal-Sort Of

DirecTV and a coalition of state AGs aren’t buying Nexstar and Tegna’s argument that they need an expedited appeal of a preliminary injunction preventing their combination. Meanwhile, NAB’s trying to stay neutral.

By Amy Maclean

Found in: DirecTV / merger / NAB / TEGNA / Nexstar / court / Regulation / FCC
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05/26/2026

Tegna Names New CEO Amid Nexstar Saga

Times are changing at Tegna, even as its $6.2 billion merger with Nexstar sits in legal purgatory.

By Cablefax Staff

Found in: Patrick Paolini / TEGNA / Nexstar / fox television stations / Mike Steib

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