Nexstar and Tegna Claim They Can’t Fully Comply With Court Order Halting Merger Because Certain Actions ‘Cannot Be Undone’ https://t.co/6OJ8HQwZt8
— Variety (@Variety) April 1, 2026
-After Brandon Carr sidestepped Senate to blindly approve the Nexstar Media Group’s $6.2 billion purchase of Tegna, US District Judge Troy Nunley, issued a temporary restraining order on Friday prohibiting integration of the companies until further rulings by the court.
-Nexstar and Tegna are claiming that they can not comply with the ruling stating “Upon closing, Nexstar and Tegna took many typical steps that may not have been
apparent to the Court when it issued its TRO. It is particularly difficult to freeze integration that was already taking place, unlike a conventional hold separate order. Complying with certain aspects of the TRO is impossible and could jeopardize Nexstar and the Tegna assets the Court seeks to preserve.”
-The initial approval was only done a week ago
-Should Nexstar/Tegna merger go through, they would own far more than the approved 39% of tv stations creating yet another monopoly.
-DirecTV filed the lawsuit to stop the merger and A coalition of advocacy groups sued the Federal Communications Commission in an attempt to reverse the merger approval, and the deal is being challenged by state attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, and Virginia.
