A merger between two of the country's major broadcast station companies, Tegna and Nexstar Media Group, was approved by the federal government despite opposition from eight state attorneys general, in...

Nexstar Media Group has acquired Tegna in a multi-billion-dollar merger, now owning both NBC 4 and 10TV in Columbus.

Nexstar and its partners will now oversee 265 television stations in 44 states and Washington, reaching about 80 percent of U.S. households and cementing the company’s position as the largest owner of...