On April 17, just hours before a temporary retraining order preventing Nexstar Media Group from fully integrating the assets it acquired with regulatory approval from TEGNA, Sacramento-based Chief U.S. District Judge Troy Nunley issued a Preliminary Injunction preventing the company founded three decades ago by Perry Sook from proceeding from a “hold separate” order — essentially keeping TEGNA as-is prior to the rule-busting merger of the two companies.
How that impacted Free Press et al v. FCC being heard in the D.C. federal appeals court was the next question. We now have an answer.
