NHMC signed onto letter: In the Matter of: MB Docket No. 26-124, Petition for Declaratory Ruling Regarding "The View" which asks Chairman Carr to support the Petition for Declaratory Ruling field by ABC concerning "The View"
Daiquiri Ryan Mercado participated in CHCI's panel Media, Policy, and the Future for Latino Audiences during the Future of Media Symposium.
State AGs Argue the Appeals Court Should Uphold Nexstar-TEGNA Injunction, Nexstar Asks for Accelerated Timeline
NHMC speaks about Defend The Press on panel at the Leadership Conference’s Center for Civil and Human Rights’ All Eyes on Tech event
NHMC hosts Building Community YouTube episode on what the Nexstar Tegna merger means for the average consumer
FCC orders early license renewal for the 8 Disney-owned ABC stations following Kimmel's "expectant widow" joke about First Lady Melania Trump. Licenses had not been scheduled for renewal until 2028-2031.
Judge Nunley grants preliminary injunction, freezing Nexstar's integration of TEGNA while litigation proceeds. The court fi nds the merger "presumed likely to violate antitrust laws." Nexstar appeals to the Ninth Circuit.
Carr responds to Senators Cruz and Cantwell, asserting the Media Bureau's approval is "not a fi nal action by the full Commission" and that the full Commission could revisit.
Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Chair and Ranking Member of Senate Commerce, send a bipartisan letter to FCC Chair Carr questioning the Media Bureau-level approval without a full Commission vote and raising "serious concerns" about the use of delegated authority on a transaction of this scale and consequence.
Judge Troy Nunley (E.D. Cal.) grants temporary restraining order in the DirecTV case, freezing integration. The DirecTV and state AG cases are consolidated.
UCC Media Justice Ministry, Free Press, Public Knowledge, and CWA — represented by Democracy Forward — file federal court action in DC seeking review of the FCC's approval.
DirecTV files antitrust suit in the same district court alleging the merger will let Nexstar extract higher retransmission fees that distributors will pass on to subscribers.
Public Knowledge issues statement condemning approval and reiterating the FCC's lack of legal authority.
Defend the Press issues joint press statement condemning the FCC approval and calling on Congress, state AGs, and federal courts to enforce the 39% cap.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta leads a coalition of 8 state attorneys general (CA, NY, CO, IL, OR, NC, CT, VA) fi ling an antitrust lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California to block the Nexstar-TEGNA merger.
NHMC files Complaint Letter in the FCC’s Applications to Transfer Control of TEGNA Inc. to Nexstar Media Inc. Docket
NHMC briefs Senator Klobuchar on Defend The Press Lake Research Polling
NHMC briefs Ranking Member Cantwell on Defend The Press Lake Research Polling
NHMC briefs Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester on Defend The Press Lake Research Polling
NHMC briefs Senator Schatz on Defend The Press Lake Research Polling
NHMC briefs Senate Commerce Committee on Defend The Press Lake Research Polling
Letter from 28 public-interest, labor, and civil rights organizations sent to the FCC supporting the December 31 Petition to Deny.
NHMC and Defend the Press issue statement during the House hearing, "The American Consumer Pays the Price," urging members of Congress to scrutinize Nexstar's investor-facing claims that nearly half of merger "synergies" come from higher retransmission fees passed to consumers.
NHMC briefs Congressman Ruiz on Defend The Press Lake Research Polling
Free Press, Public Knowledge, UCC Media Justice Ministry, NABET-CWA, and The NewsGuild-CWA file a 143-page Petition to Deny with the FCC, arguing the Commission is statutorily prohibited from waiving the 39% cap.
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights files letter for the record of the Senate Commerce Committee FCC oversight hearing, signed by Leadership Conference, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Unidos US, UCC Media Justice Ministry, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC, Common Cause, Communications Workers of America, Hispanic Federation, LULAC, National Action Network, NABET-CWA, NCNW, National Consumer Law Center, NHMC, and National Urban League.
NHMC briefs Senate Commerce Committee Democratic Staff on Embargoed Lake Research Polling.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Reps. Summer Lee (D-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), and Doris Matsui (D-CA, Ranking Member of the House Communications & Technology Subcommittee) send a joint letter to FCC Chair Carr and DOJ Antitrust chief Gail Slater urging them to block the Nexstar-TEGNA deal.
Defend The Press files letter at FCC opposing Grey Media Merger
NHMC Files Comments in FCC’s Empowering Local Broadcast TV Stations to Meet Their Public Interest Obligations Proceeding
Defend the Press coalition launches with a joint letter to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr signed by 22 organizations condemning the FCC's "unprecedented weaponization" of licensing authority. NHMC Press Release
FCC adopts unanimous 3-0 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking opening review of local TV ownership rules and the dual network rule as part of the 2022 Quadrennial Review.
Nexstar and Sinclair, both with pending FCC business, preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! on their ABC affiliates following Chairman Carr's "easy way or hard way" remarks on the Benny Johnson podcast. ABC suspends the show for six days; broadcasters reinstate it without editorial concessions.
FCC Media Bureau issues Public Notice (DA 25-530) reopening the record on the 39% national TV ownership cap, setting the regulatory stage for Nexstar's later waiver request.
