Who Is Perry Sook? What To Know About Nexstar Founder Amid Jimmy Kimmel Pause.

ToplineJimmy Kimmel’s late-night show was pulled earlier this week by Nexstar Media, the largest television station owner and operator in the U.S., founded by Perry Sook, who has remained largely out of the spotlight over nearly four decades as chairman of the local media giant. Nexstar executives announced the late-night show would be pulled after Kimmel’s “offensive and insensitive” comments about Charlie Kirk.Associated PressKey FactsSook, an alumnus of Ohio University in 1980, founded Nexstar in 1996 af ...