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Nexstar Media Group Will Buy Tribune Media for $4.1 Billion

Merger will create the country’s largest local TV station operator

Nexstar chairman, president and CEO Perry Sook announced the company's Tribune Media acquisition this morning.Getty Images
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By Jason Lynch

December 3, 2018

Nexstar Media Group announced this morning that it will acquire Tribune Media for around $4.1 billion, in a deal that will make Nexstar the country’s largest local TV station operator.

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Jason Lynch

Jason Lynch is TV editor at Adweek, overseeing trends, technology, personalities and programming across broadcast, cable and streaming video.

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