The Nexstar–Tegna merger is being challenged in the courts on a number of fronts, but in the meantime it’s the source of a political clash between California Governor Gavin Newsom and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. The merger, which would create a broadcast giant of nearly 260 stations across the country, got clearance from the FCC and the Justice Department last week. Nexstar then quickly announced that its deal to acquire Tegna had closed. In giving the deal the greenlight, the FCC’s Media Bureau granted Ne ...

(Bloomberg) -- A group of state attorneys general are suing to block the $3.5 billion deal by Nexstar Media Group Inc. for rival Tegna Inc., which would create the largest operator of local broadcasters in the country.In the lawsuit filed late Wednesday in federal court in Sacramento, California, a group of Democratic law enforcers from states including California, New York and Colorado, argue the deal would give the combined company too much control over television in dozens of markets around the US. The c ...