M&A Deal Summary

Nexstar Media Group Acquires TEGNA

On August 19, 2025, Nexstar Media Group acquired media company TEGNA for 6.2B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Nexstar Media Group’s 8th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Nexstar Media Group’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Nexstar Media Group’s 13th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Nexstar Media Group’s 2nd transaction in Virginia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-08-19
Target TEGNA
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Nexstar Media Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 6.2B USD
Advisor(s) Allen & Company (Financial)
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Covington & Burling (Legal)

Target

TEGNA

Tysons, Virginia, United States
TEGNA is a diversified media company. The Company operates through two business segments, Media and Digital. The Media segment comprises of 46 television stations in 38 markets. The Digital segment consists of the Cars.com (formerly Classified Ventures LLC) and CareerBuilder businesses. TEGNA was founded in 1906 and is based in Tysons, Virginia.

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Buyer

Nexstar Media Group

Irving, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Media
Employees11,773
Revenue 5.4B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Nexstar Media Group is a media company that leverages localism to bring new services and value to consumers and advertisers through its traditional media, digital and mobile media platforms. Nexstar owns, operates, programs or provides sales and other services to 170 television stations and related digital multicast signals reaching 100 markets or approximately 39% of all U.S. television households. Nexstar Media Group was founded in 1996 and is based in Irving, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 13
Sector: Media M&A 8 of 8
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 9 of 9
State: Virginia M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 13 of 13
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-10-28 WBNX-TV

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

WBNX-TV is a local TV station and broadcast affiliate serving the greater Cleveland, Ohio area.

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