Home > Industry News > Business “Worse still, it degrades the very assets it purports to protect,” the multimedia conglomerate argues Not only did Nexstar hit back at a lawsuit filed by DirecTV and multiple state attorneys general that sought to disrupt its $6.2 billion merger with Tegna, the company also slammed the injunction pausing the deal. The multimedia conglomerate requested an expedited appeal with the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday evening, where Nexstar ripped the federal judge’s