States Make A Statement: Big Media Mergers Face Scrutiny Of AGs, But Whether Deals Can Be Stopped Is Another Question

As content creators and labor unions, First Amendment advocates and politicians increasingly warn of mergers and further consolidation, the battles may be fought by a different set of players than D.C.’s antitrust enforcers. When California, New York and six other states sued this week to block a major broadcast merger between Nexstar and Tegna, the […]