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2026
Nexstar reaches agreement with FCC over violations
Nexstar reached an agreement with the FCC to settle several violations involving children’s programming advertising, political advertising files, and station modification filings. The agreement will cost Nexstar $80,500 and includes compliance measures.
2021
Nexstar sues Comcast over WPIX retransmission fees
Nexstar filed a lawsuit against Comcast, alleging that Comcast breached their retransmission consent agreement by refusing to pay fees for WPIX, and seeking damages.
2020
Tribune Publishing closes sale of its majority stake in BestReviews
Tribune Publishing announced that it had closed the sale of its majority stake in BestReviews to Nexstar Media Group. BestReviews LLC was 60% owned by Tribune and 40% by its founders.
2020
VENN and Nexstar secure local television partnership
Nexstar Media Group secured content and sales category exclusivity for local television broadcasting with VENN as part of the funding announcement.
2020
Comscore launches QuickScore local TV ratings service
Comscore began providing local television clients with ratings data within 48 hours or less of a broadcast through its new QuickScore product. Nexstar Media Group helped develop the product and was among its first clients.
2020
Fox Corporation completes acquisition of Seattle-area stations
Fox Corporation completed its acquisition of Q13 FOX and JOEtv from Nexstar Media Group; Nexstar also sold WITI in Milwaukee to FOX as part of the acquisition.
2020
Nexstar reports fourth-quarter earnings
Nexstar Media Group reported fourth-quarter net income of $113.2 million, down 26% from a year earlier, while net revenue rose 37.9% to $1.1 billion.
2019
Nexstar prices additional senior notes offering
Nexstar Media Group announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Nexstar Broadcasting, priced an additional $665 million offering of 5.625% senior notes due 2027 at 104.875%. The sale was expected to be completed on or about November 22, 2019, subject to customary closing conditions.