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

By Kevin Eck on Oct. 22, 2014 - 11:35 AM

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 ...

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Nexstar Sells Evansville Station for $18.6 Million

By Kevin Eck on Aug. 5, 2014 - 9:43 AM

Nexstar has announced it is selling Evansville CBS affiliate WEVV for $18.6 million to minority led broadcaster Bayou City Broadcasting Evansville, Inc. “The proposed transaction announced today highlights our focus on completin ...

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Nexstar Buys Digital Publishing Platform for $20 Million

By Kevin Eck on Mar. 13, 2014 - 10:14 AM

Nexstar has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy the assets of Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. for $20 million. In its press release about the acquisition, Nexstar calls IB, “A pioneer of innovativ ...

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TWC and American Cable Association Ask FCC to Stop Mission’s Binghamton Station Buy

By Kevin Eck on Nov. 22, 2013 - 10:33 AM

Time Warner Cable and the American Cable Association are asking the FCC to deny Mission Broadcasting’s purchase of two Stainless Broadcasting stations in the Binghamton, NY, market. In the petition, the two point out the dea ...

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Former GM of WNBC Named Nexstar’s EVP of Digital Media and Chief Revenue Officer

By Kevin Eck on Nov. 1, 2013 - 11:19 AM

Nexstar has named Tom O’Brien to the newly created position of executive vice president of digital media and chief revenue officer. According to Nexstar, O’Brien will “oversee Nexstar’s digital media content, p ...

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Nexstar Still Looking for Stations to Buy

By Kevin Eck on Jun. 20, 2013 - 4:31 PM

Reuters recently spoke with Perry Sook, founder and chief executive of Nexstar, about the future plans of the station group. Nexstar started with Scranton-Wilkes Barre, PA, CBS affiliate WYOU in 1996 and now owns or operates 72 st ...

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Two at Local Station Groups Named ‘People to Watch’ in 2013

By Kevin Eck on Jan. 18, 2013 - 11:36 AM

TVNewsCheck is reporting the Media Financial Management Association has named its five “People to Watch” for 2013 with two of the five, NBC Owned Stations chief financial officer, Christine Dorfler and Tim Busch, execu ...

Q3 Earnings: Nexstar Revenue Increases 20%

By Merrill Knox on Nov. 6, 2012 - 10:43 AM

Nexstar Broadcasting reported net revenue of $90 million in the third quarter of 2012, a +20.2% increase from the year-ago quarter’s net revenue of $74.8 million. Nexstar’s core local and national revenue increased +7. ...

Nexstar Acquires Stations in California, Vermont

By Merrill Knox on Nov. 5, 2012 - 5:00 PM

Nexstar Broadcasting has entered into definitive agreements to acquire three California stations from Newport Television and two Vermont stations from Smith Media, LLC. Nexstar will pay Newport $35.4 million for KGPE, the CBS affi ...

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Nexstar Renews CBS Affiliation Agreements

By Merrill Knox on Sep. 10, 2012 - 10:19 AM

Nexstar has renewed affiliation agreements with CBS for eight of its stations, the company announced today. The long-term extensions are at KLBK in Lubbock, TX, KLST in San Angelo, TX, KTAB in Abilene, TX, WCIA in Decatur, IL, WFR ...

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