#Media Consolidation

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• 🇺🇸 Proxy adviser Glass Lewis recommends Warner Bros shareholders vote for Paramount deal — 10/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Corporate Governance, #Mergers & Acquisitions
• 🇺🇸 Nickelodeon Animation Studios To Become CBS Studios Label With Alec Botnick As President; Ashley Kaplan Segues To Consulting — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  The integration of CBS and Paramount cable assets under George Cheeks, Chair of TV Media, continues. After BET Studios in December became a label of CBS Studios, the same is now being done with Nickel...

  Related: #Corporate Restructuring, #Leadership Changes
• 🇺🇸 US judge extends temporary order halting Nexstar, Tegna merger — 10/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Antitrust Regulation, #Broadcast Industry
• 🇺🇸 Judge Eases Some Provisions Of His Order Blocking Nexstar-Tegna Merger, Extends TRO Another Week — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  A federal judge eased some of the restrictions on his order that at least temporarily blocked Nexstar’s merger with Tegna, but he also extended the freeze on the transaction for another week. U.S. Dis...

  Related: #Antitrust Law, #Corporate Finance
• 🇺🇸 Paramount Seals, Refines Debt Financing As It Moves Towards WBD Deal — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Paramount said today it’s successfully completed the syndication of a previously disclosed bridge facility and entered into permanent financing transactions with a group of 18 lenders to support its p...

  Related: #Corporate Finance, #Entertainment Industry
• 🇺🇸 Cinema United Chief Michael O’Leary on Netflix’s ‘Narnia’ Gamble and Why Paramount’s Deal to Buy Warner Bros. Must Fail: ‘Theaters Will Close’ — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Cinema United CEO Michael O’Leary spends a lot of time on the road, checking in with movie theater owners as they engage in a long, often painful, comeback from COVID. It’s been six years since the pa...

  Related: #Theater Industry, #Streaming Wars
• 🇺🇸 True-Crime Podcasts ‘Disgraceland’ and ‘Hollywoodland’ Join iHeartMedia Network Alongside ‘My Favorite Murder’ — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  True-crime podcaster Jake Brennan is bringing his podcasts “Disgraceland” and its celebrity spin-off “Hollywoodland” to Exactly Right Media (ERM), the podcast network behind hit show “My Favorite Murd...

  Related: #Podcast Industry, #True-Crime Entertainment
• 🇺🇸 Leading Shareholder Advisor ISS Backs WBD-Paramount Merger But Slams David Zaslav’s “Windfall” Payout — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Leading proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Service recommended Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders support the company’s sale to Paramount Skydance but to reject CEO David Zaslav’s potentia...

  Related: #Corporate Governance, #Executive Compensation
• 🇺🇸 Nexstar-Tegna Merger Cheered By Wall Street And Local TV Rivals: Are More Mega-Deals On The Way? — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Wall Street is upbeat about the impact of Nexstar’s $6.2 billion acquisition of local TV rival Tegna, mainly because it could trigger another wave of consolidation. That’s also the prevailing view acr...

  Related: #Industry Trends
• 🇺🇸 Nexstar-Tegna Deal: Eight States File Emergency Motion to Halt ‘Disastrous’ Merger of Local TV Broadcasters — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Nexstar Media Group declared Thursday that its $6.2 billion takeover of rival TV station company Tegna had closed — but now eight state attorneys general seeking to block the merger have stepped up th...

  Related: #Antitrust
• 🇺🇸 California And Other States Seek Emergency Order To Stop Nexstar-Tegna Merger — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  A day after Nexstar said that it had closed its deal to buy Tegna, creating a broadcasting giant, California and seven other states filed an emergency motion to stop it. The motion for a temporary res...

  Related: #Regulatory Action
• 🇬🇧 Trump-backed television merger moves forward — 20/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Critics fear the consolidation will add to strains facing local news and degrade coverage.

  Related: #Political Influence
• 🇺🇸 Nexstar, Tegna merger closes after winning regulatory approval — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Nexstar has closed its $6.2 billion acquisition of Tegna after winning approval from the Federal Communications Commission and Department of Justice.

  Related: #Regulatory Approval
• 🇺🇸 FCC approves the merger of local television owners Nexstar and Tegna — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  The FCC has approved the sale of Tegna television stations to rival Nexstar Media Group Thursday. The deal would create a company that owns 259 television stations in 44 states.

  Related: #Regulatory Approval
• 🇺🇸 FCC approves merger of local television owners Nexstar and Tegna as two lawsuits seek to block it — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday said it had approved the merger of local television giants Nexstar Media Group and rival Tegna, the same day that two lawsuits trying to block the dea...

  Related: #Regulatory Approval
• 🇺🇸 F.C.C. Approves Nexstar’s Acquisition of a Local TV Rival — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  The $6.2 billion deal consolidates 265 stations in 44 states and Washington.

  Related: #Regulatory Approval
• 🇺🇸 FCC approves Nexstar's purchase of Tegna hours after lawsuits sought to block deal — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  The FCC announced Thursday that it had approved the $6.2 billion merger of major broadcast station owners Nexstar and Tegna.

  Related: #Regulatory Approval
• 🇺🇸 Nexstar secures merger with TEGNA after FCC, DOJ approval — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  The Federal Communications Commission and Department of Justice have cleared Nexstar Media Group's acquisition of fellow local broadcaster TEGNA, the company announced on Thursday. The company announc...

  Related: #Regulatory Approval
• 🇺🇸 FCC approves combination of Nexstar and Tegna TV stations — 19/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Regulatory Approval
• 🇺🇸 FCC greenlights Nexstar's $6.2B merger with rival TV station owner Tegna — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  The Federal Communications Commission has signed off on broadcast station owner Nexstar’s $6.2 billion deal to acquire rival company Tegna, a merger that would create the largest operator of local tel...

  Related: #Regulatory Approval
• 🇺🇸 Nexstar Closes $6.2 Billion Tegna Merger, Creating Local TV Giant — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  The megadeal is being challenged by eight states, but DOJ and FCC approval Thursday allowed the deal to close.

  Related: #Broadcasting
• 🇺🇸 Nexstar Says It Has Closed Merger With Tegna After Greenlight From FCC And Justice Department — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  Nexstar said on Thursday that they had closed their acquisition of Tegna following approvals from the FCC and the Justice Department. The merger, which will create a broadcast station giant, was given...

  Related: #Regulatory Approval
• 🇺🇸 States Make A Statement: Big Media Mergers Face Scrutiny Of AGs, But Whether Deals Can Be Stopped Is Another Question — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  As content creators and labor unions, First Amendment advocates and politicians increasingly warn of mergers and further consolidation, the battles may be fought by a different set of players than D.C...

  Related: #Antitrust Enforcement
• 🇺🇸 Eight states, DirecTV sue to block merger of local television owners Nexstar, Tegna — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  Attorneys general in eight states, including California, New York and Illinois, and DirecTV are filing lawsuits seeking to block the merger of Nexstar Media Group and its rival Tegna

  Related: #Antitrust
• 🇺🇸 DirecTV Sues to Block Nexstar-Tegna Local TV Deal on Heels of Antitrust Lawsuit From 8 States: ‘DirecTV and Its Subscribers Will End Up Paying More for Less’ — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  DirecTV on Thursday filed a federal antitrust alleging that the proposed $6.2 billion Nexstar Media deal to buy rival Tegna violates the federal antitrust laws — and would significantly harm consumers...

  Related: #Antitrust
• 🇺🇸 Nexstar and Tegna’s Local TV Megamerger Challenged by Eight States — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  California, New York and other states led by Democratic prosecutors argue that the $6.2 billion deal would cement Nexstar's control over local TV in violation of antitrust laws. The FCC has endorsed t...

  Related: #Antitrust Regulation
• 🇺🇸 8 states, including California and New York, sue to block Nexstar-Tegna merger — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  California, New York and six other states filed a lawsuit late Wednesday seeking to block television station owner Nexstar’s proposed $6.2 billion takeover of rival company Tegna.

  Related: #Antitrust
• 🇺🇸 Eight States Sue to Block Nexstar’s $6.2 Billion Deal for Tegna, Which Is Supported by Trump: ‘This Merger Is Illegal, Plain and Simple,’ California AG Says — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  Nexstar Media’s proposed $6.2 billion takeover of local TV station rival Tegna is being challenged in court by eight state attorneys general, who argue that the merger represents an illegal consolidat...

  Related: #Antitrust
• 🇺🇸 California And Other States Sue To Block Nexstar-Tegna Merger — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  California and six other states filed suit to block Nexstar’s merger with Tegna, a transaction that will create a broadcast station giant. The $6.2 billion transaction would give the combined company ...

  Related: #Antitrust
• 🇺🇸 Eight states sue to block Nexstar's plan to acquire rival Tegna — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the ‌proposed merger was illegal and would lead ​to higher pay-TV prices and reduce jobs.

  Related: #Antitrust