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Cynthia Littleton Business Editor The Federal Communications Commission has hit Nexstar Media Group and its business partner Mission Broadcasting with a $1.2 million fine and an order to sell WPIX-TV New York or other stations to come into compliance with longstanding station ownership limits. The commission on Thursday issued a 42-page decision in its probe of Nexstar’s ties to Mission Broadcasting and whether their business agreement violated the FCC‘s reach limit on TV station ownership. The commission’s concluded that Nexstar’s near-total oversight of WPIX’s operations gave the station giant effective control of precious TV industry real estate — a full-power broadcast TV station in the nation’s largest market.

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The CW Opts Not To Renew Affiliation Deals With Scripps-Owned Stations In Seven Markets

The CW has opted not to renew affiliations with E.W. Scripps-owned stations in seven markets.

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‘Sherri’ Shepherd Daytime Talk Show Renewed for Season 3

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Sherri Shepherd is staying put. Her first-run syndicated talker strip “Sherri” has been officially renewed for a third season via Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury.

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Nexstar Fined $1.2M By FCC And Could Lose Control Of CW Flagship WPIX-TV In New York; Company Vows To “Vigorously” Fight Ruling

The Federal Communications Commission has determined that local TV giant Nexstar Media Group‘s takeover of WPIX-TV in New York in 2020 violated federal limits on station ownership.

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Court Grants Nexstar’s Motion To Dismiss DirecTV’s Antitrust Claims

A federal court on Wednesday granted Nexstar’s motion to dismiss DirecTV’s antitrust claims.

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Judge Dismisses DirecTV’s Antitrust Lawsuit Against Nexstar

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor A federal judge has dismissed the antitrust lawsuit that DirecTV filed against Nexstar last year accusing the TV station giant of price-fixing in connection with its retransmission consent negotiations with the satellite TV platform. DirecTV’s suit, filed in New York’s Southern District in March 2023, accused Nexstar of engaging in price-fixing activity around the retransmission consent fees from MVPDs that have become a key source of revenue for local station owners.

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Sports Fans “Want To Pull Their Hair Out” Trying Juggle Streaming And Linear, Nexstar’s Mike Biard Says, With ‘Thursday Night Football’ Favoring Local TV Over Prime Video

As a sports fan, “you want to pull your hair out” when trying to toggle between streaming and linear TV, in the view of Nexstar President and COO Mike Biard.

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Disney-Fox-WBD Sports Bundle Raises “More Questions Than Answers” For Nexstar Exec Mike Biard, But He Sees Upside If Venture Does “Actually Launch”

Nexstar President and COO Mike Biard says there has been “significant misinterpretation and market overreaction” to the sports streaming bundle announced by Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Nexstar Ad Sales Fall 36% in Q4 as CW Loss Narrows to $52 Million

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Nexstar reported its fourth-quarter 2023 earnings Wednesday, revealing its TV ad sales were down 36% from Oct. 1- Dec. 31.

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Geraldo Rivera Joins NewsNation as Correspondent at Large

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Geraldo Rivera, a longtime news correspondent and talk-show host with a knack for the theatrical, is taking up roots at a new outlet. The one-time Fox News Channel personality, also known for his time as a syndicated daytime presence, has joined Nexstar Media’s NewsNation as a correspondent at large, effective immediately. He is expected to appear across daytime and primetime programming and will make his first appearance Wednesday evening on “Cuomo,” which airs at 8 p.m.

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NewsNation Dispatches Chris Stirewalt to Fight in Sunday-Show Battles

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor NewsNation wants to make a land grab on Sundays. The Nexstar Media-backed cable outlet will launch its own Sunday public affairs program on March 3, when Chris Stirewalt anchors “The Hill Sunday” at 10 a.m. eastern.

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NewsNation Republican Debate is Smallest in Series, But Biggest Audience for Outlet

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor The audience for NewsNation‘s Wednesday-night Republican primary debate was one of the smallest and the biggest. Nearly 1.6 million tuned in to the Nexstar-backed upstart cable-news outlet to watch two former Republican governors, one current one and one outlier tangle for attention and donors in a debate moderated by Elizabeth Vargas, Megyn Kelly and Eliana Johnson, with more than 2.5 million choosing to watch a simulcast on the CW broadcast network, a corporate sibling.

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The CW's Average Viewer is 58-Years-Old - See Average Ages for All Five Broadcast Networks, Ranked Youngest to Oldest!

Fans were shocked recently when it was revealed that the average age of The CW‘s viewers is 58 and now data for all five broadcast networks has been revealed.

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Tegna Stations, Including Many CBS And NBC Affiliates, Go Dark On DirecTV In Carriage Dispute

Dozens of local TV stations owned by Tegna, most of them NBC and CBS affiliates, have gone dark on DirecTV in a carriage dispute.

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NewsNation Snags Republican Primary Debate With Moderators Elizabeth Vargas, Megyn Kelly

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Before CNN, CBS News or ABC News can snare one of the series of Republican primary debates taking place in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election, another news outlet will have its turn. NewsNation, the upstart cable-news property launched by Nexstar Media in March of 2021, will team up with SiriusXM Radio and the conservative political outlet Washington Free Beacon on December 6 to broadcast the event, the fourth backed by the Republican National Committee following debates telecast by Fox News Media networks and NBC News.

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NewsNation Will Host Next GOP Primary Debate

NewsNation will host the next Republican primary debate, a big get for the fledgling news network.