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E.W. Scripps CEO Briefs Wall Street On Major Layoffs, Touts AI “Revolution” In Local TV News
#Executives #News #Adamsymson #AI #EWScripps #Earnings #Layoffs #LocalTV #LocalTVNews #TechLine

https://deadline.com/2026/08/ew-scripps-layoffs-ai-local-tv-1237028507/

Nexstar CEO Says Tegna Suit Settlement Is Possible, But Says Company Faces No Paramount-Style Ticking-Fee Pressure
#Executives #News #Earnings #FCC #LocalTV #Nexstar #NexstarTegnaDeal #PerrySook

https://deadline.com/2026/08/nexstar-tegna-merger-antitrust-lawsuit-paramount-wbd-1237027650/

Sinclair CEO Chris Ripley “Couldn’t Be Happier” About Expected FCC Repeal Of Federal Ownership Cap
#News #Earnings #FCC #LocalTV #Ownershipcap #Sinclair #Tvstations

https://deadline.com/2026/08/sinclair-ceo-chris-ripley-fcc-station-ownership-cap-1237022589/

Despite Trumpworld Outrage And FCC Scrutiny Of Jimmy Kimmel, Immediate Changes Unlikely At ABC Stations
#News #Politics #ABC #Analysis #BroadcastTV #Disney #DonaldTrump #FCC #JimmyKimmel #LocalTV

https://deadline.com/2026/04/donald-trump-fcc-jimmy-kimmel-abc-disney-1236876290/

Judge halts local TV giant Nexstar's takeover of rival Tegna until trial.

Federal judge blocked TV giant Nexstar's takeover of rival Tegna Media until the upcoming antitrust trial occurs. A loss for Nexstar could result in the $6B deal could be undone. Until the trial ends, Nexstar must separately operate the Tegna stations it just acquired. https://www.npr.org/2026/04/17/nx-s1-5789059/judge-halts-nexstar-tegna-merger-lawsuits #Lawsuit #Nexstar #Tegna #Merger #DirecTV #FCC #TV #LocalTV #ABC #CBS #Fox #NBC #Trial

Nexstar Closes $6.2 Billion Tegna Merger, Creating Local TV Giant
#TV #TVNews #Localtv #Nexstar #Tegna

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/nexstar-closes-tegna-deal-creating-local-tv-giant-1236541636/

Hearst CEO Is “On the Lookout” for Deals to Give Its TV Businesses More Scale
#Business #BusinessNews #AEGlobalMedia #Hearst #Localtv

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hearst-deals-local-tv-ae-global-media-ai-disruption-1236507755/

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Rips Some Local TV Stations As “Mouthpieces” For National Networks
#News #BrendanCarr #BroadcastNetworks #CES #FCC #LocalTV

https://deadline.com/2026/01/fcc-brendan-carr-ces-local-tv-stations-national-networks-1236676553/

Sinclair Takeover Proposal Rebuffed By E.W. Scripps Board
#News #EWScripps #LocalTV #Mergersandacquisitions #Sinclair

https://deadline.com/2025/12/sinclair-takeover-proposal-rebuffed-by-scripps-board-1236650659/

Sinclair Reveals Merger Talks With E.W. Scripps In Latest Shakeup Of Local TV Sector
#News #EWScripps #FCC #LocalTV #Mergersandacquisitions #Sinclair

https://deadline.com/2025/11/sinclair-reveals-merger-talks-with-e-w-scripps-local-tv-1236620042/

Nexstar CEO Perry Sook Confident In Tegna Deal’s On-Time Close; Stock Slides After Soft Q3 Report
#Executives #News #DonaldTrump #FCC #LocalTV #Nexstar #NexstarTegnaDeal #PerrySook #Tegna

https://deadline.com/2025/11/nexstar-ceo-perry-sook-tegna-deal-local-tv-1236609015/

Can The Media Regain Trust In Age Of AI And Misinformation? NAB Grapples With Loaded Question
#Executives #News #AI #Broadcast #CurtisLeGeyt #DonaldTrump #LocalTV #NAB #NABShowNY #TechLine

https://deadline.com/2025/10/trust-in-media-ai-misinformation-tv-nab-show-1236596313/

Jimmy Kimmel Clash Was “Never About The First Amendment”, Sinclair Exec Insists; FCC “Overreach” & Nexstar-Tegna Mega-Deal Worry CEO Of Boutique Station Group Graham Media
#News #Politics #FCC #GrahamMedia #LocalTV #NABShowNY #NexstarMediaGroup #NexstarTegnaDeal #Tegna

https://deadline.com/2025/10/jimmy-kimmel-first-amendment-sinclair-abc-fcc-1236594347/

‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Still Benched By Nexstar, But Station Owner Cites “Productive Discussions” With Disney Execs
#LateNightTV #News #ABC #Disney #JimmyKimmel #JimmyKimmelLive #LocalTV #NexstarMediaGroup

https://deadline.com/2025/09/jimmy-kimmel-nexstar-stations-disney-abc-1236554770/

Jimmy Kimmel Impasse Follows Years Of Growing Tensions Between Local TV Stations And Broadcast Networks
#LateNightTV #News #Politics #ABC #Advertising #Disney #DonaldTrump #FCC #JimmyKimmel #JimmyKimmelLive #LocalTV #Media #Nexstar #Sinclair #Tegna

https://deadline.com/2025/09/jimmy-kimmel-network-tv-station-owners-tensions-1236549261/

Nexstar To Acquire Tegna For $6.2B In Local TV Megadeal Fueled By Donald Trump Deregulation
#News #DonaldTrump #LocalTV #Mergersandacquisitions #Nexstar #Tegna

https://deadline.com/2025/08/nexstar-acquires-tegna-local-tv-merger-donald-trump-1236491712/

Tegna Stock Rockets On Nexstar Merger Talks; FCC Appears Set To Ease Local TV Rules In Order To Smooth Deal’s Path
#News #FCC #LocalTV #Mergersandacquisitions #NexstarMediaGroup #Tegna

https://deadline.com/2025/08/tegna-nexstar-acquisition-talks-fcc-local-tv-1236483684/

Local TV Groups E.W. Scripps And Gray Media Swap Stations In Five Markets
#News #Broadcast #EWScripps #GrayMedia #LocalTV

https://deadline.com/2025/07/local-tv-groups-e-w-scripps-gray-media-swap-stations-five-markets-1236451279/

Facing Backlash Over Firing Its Meteorologists, Allen Media Group Learns an Important Lesson: Take the ‘Local’ Out of Local TV At Your Own Peril
#Variety #Columns #News #AllenMediaGroup #ByronAllen #LocalTv

https://variety.com/2025/tv/columns/allen-media-group-firing-meterologists-backlash-1236286005/

Local News Audiences Doubled and Even Tripled During L.A. Fire Coverage
#Variety #News #KABC #Ktla #LAFires #LocalTv

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/la-fire-local-news-ratings-audiences-double-triple-coverage-1236273532/

Nexstar Laying Off 2% Of Workforce, Focusing Cuts On Local Stations; The Hill Editor In Chief Bob Cusack Also Sets Exit
#News #Layoffs #LocalTV #NexstarMediaGroup #TheCW #TheHill

https://deadline.com/2024/12/nexstar-layoffs-local-stations-the-hill-editor-in-chief-bob-cusack-exits-1236200879/

Brendan Carr, Soon To Be FCC Chair, Says Commission Will Back Local TV Stations “Even If That’s In Conflict” With Broadcast Networks
#News #BrendanCarr #BroadcastNetworks #DonaldTrump #FCC #LocalTV

https://deadline.com/2024/12/fcc-donald-trump-broadcast-tv-local-stations-brendan-carr-1236196688/

Michael Malone Dies: Writer And TV Business Trade Reporter Was 55
#News #BreakingNews #LocalTV #Michaelmalone #Obituaries

https://deadline.com/2024/10/michael-malone-dies-tv-business-reporter-56-1236158736/

Local TV Stations Still Pushing To Reclaim 10 PM Hour From Broadcast Networks, Top Exec Says
#Executives #News #LocalTV #NABShowNY

https://deadline.com/2024/10/local-tv-stations-10-pm-broadcast-networks-1236111353/