Too Big Or Too Small: Five Takeaways As Senators Weigh Local News, TV Ownership Limits And Trump’s Surprise Nexstar Merger Endorsement

Deadline · 2026-02-10
Too Big Or Too Small: Five Takeaways As Senators Weigh Local News, TV Ownership Limits And Trump’s Surprise Nexstar Merger Endorsement

When Donald Trump endorsed Nexstar’s merger with Tegna, creating a broadcast station giant reaching 80% of the country, it scrambled a feverish Washington, D.C. lobbying effort over a merger that has gotten fewer headlines than Netflix-Paramount-Warner Bros., but will still remake the media la