‘We’re Basically the Newspaper of Record,’ Nexstar CEO Talks About Local TV

By Kevin Eck 

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Nexstar CEO, chairman and president Perry Sook was one of 12 industry leaders to be inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame Monday night at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.

MediabistroTV caught up with Sook to ask about Nexstar’s next move and his views about the state of local TV.

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“With the decline of newspaper and circulation and also the decline of days of publication, we’re basically the newspaper of record,” said Sook. “I think the services we provide to markets like Burlington, Vt. and Rochester, N.Y. and Salt Lake City, Utah are absolutely essential and hard to duplicate anywhere else.”

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