CWA Applauds Order Blocking Nexstar-Tegna Deal

The Communications Workers of America (CWA) union issued the following statement in response to the order by Chief Judge Troy Nunley of the Eastern U.S. District Court of California in the antitrust case against Nexstar Media Group’s acquisition of Tegna:

CWA applauds the decision by Chief U.S. District Judge Troy Nunley to order a preliminary injunction blocking Nexstar from acquiring TEGNA while the antitrust case against the transaction proceeds.

The federal cap on the number of stations a single company can own is a necessary protection for a free and fair democracy. In defense of our democracy and the interests of the American people, eight state attorneys general initiated the litigation, joined by DIRECTV, to prevent Nexstar from acquiring TEGNA because of the deal’s anticompetitive harms. CWA has expressed its support for this litigation, which seeks to protect local journalism from corporate greed.

Our democracy cannot afford to compromise on media consolidation. Our democracy cannot survive the destruction of local journalism, the people who hold power to account. Today’s injunction is the first step in reclaiming our free, local press from corporate greed.

###

About CWA: The Communications Workers of America represents working people in telecommunications, customer service, media, airlines, health care, public service and education, manufacturing, tech, and other fields.

cwa-union.org @cwaunion