2026年2月7日 / 美国东部时间下午1:37 / CBS/美联社
总统特朗普周六改变立场，似乎支持Nexstar媒体集团以62亿美元收购竞争对手Tegna的交易。
在Truth Social平台的一篇帖子中，总统表示“我们需要更多与‘敌人’——假新闻全国性电视网的竞争”，并且像Nexstar收购Tegna这样的“好交易”将“帮助击败假新闻，因为会有更多竞争”。
“那些反对的人并不完全理解这笔交易对他们有多好，但他们将来会明白的。务必完成这笔交易！”他写道。
Nexstar对Tegna的收购于去年8月宣布，尚需监管部门批准。这笔交易将把两家在地方广播媒体领域持有大量股份的公司整合起来，扩大Nexstar在美国电视和地方新闻领域的覆盖范围。截至目前，Nexstar在全国116个市场拥有超过200家自有和合作电视台，并运营着The CW和NewsNation等网络。Tegna则在51个市场拥有64家新闻电视台。
如果获得Tegna股东的批准，该交易预计将于2026年下半年完成。
去年11月，特朗普先生曾批评这项收购。“如果这也会让激进左翼网络‘扩大影响力’，我不会高兴的，”他当时写道。
但这两家公司的运营独立于大型广播网络。去年9月，在吉米·坎摩尔（Jimmy Kimmel）评论保守派活动家查理·柯克（Charlie Kirk）遇刺事件后，Nexstar与倾向保守的Sinclair广播集团暂停了ABC的深夜脱口秀节目约一周。
此次交易发生之际，联邦通信委员会（FCC）正寻求改革限制地方电视台所有权的规定。一些法院裁决也推翻了限制单一市场中一家公司可拥有的顶级电视台数量的法规。
Nexstar试图将这笔交易描述为与特朗普政府放松监管举措一致。
Nexstar首席执行官佩里·苏克（Perry Sook）在宣布交易时表示：“特朗普政府正在推行的举措为地方广播公司提供了扩大覆盖范围、公平竞争环境并更有效地与拥有不受限制影响力和巨额财务资源的大型科技公司及老牌大型媒体公司竞争的机会。”
此次收购消息公布时，越来越多的美国人正从有线电视转向流媒体（即所谓的“切断有线电视”）。根据2025年7月盖洛普对约1万名美国成年人的民意调查，83%的人表示他们观看流媒体服务，而36%的人表示目前在家订阅有线电视或卫星电视。
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Trump throws support behind Nexstar-Tegna broadcast deal he once opposed
February 7, 2026 / 1:37 PM EST / CBS/AP
President Trump reversed course on Saturday and appeared to endorse Nexstar Media Group’s $6.2 billion purchase of its rival Tegna.
In a post on Truth Social, the president said “we need more competition against THE ENEMY, the Fake News National TV Networks,” and that “good deals” like Nexstar’s purchase of Tegna will “help knock out the Fake News because there will be more competition.”
“Those that are opposed don’t fully understand how good the concept of this Deal is for them, but they will in the future. GET THAT DEAL DONE!” he wrote.
Nexstar’s acquisition of Tegna, which was announced in August, requires regulatory approval. The deal would bring together two companies with significant holdings in local broadcast media, expanding Nexstar’s reach in the U.S. television and local news landscape. Nexstar oversees more than 200 owned and partner stations in 116 markets nationwide today and also runs networks like The CW and NewsNation. Tegna owns 64 news stations across 51 markets.
If approved by Tegna shareholders, the deal is expected to close in the second half of 2026.
In November, Mr. Trump criticized the purchase. “If this would also allow the Radical Left Networks to ‘enlarge,’ I would not be happy,” he wrote then.
But the companies operate independently of the large broadcast networks. In September, Nexstar, along with the right-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group, suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC late-night talk show for about a week after Kimmel’s comments on the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The deal has occurred as the Federal Communications Commission is seeking to reform rules that limit local TV station ownership. Some court decisions have also struck down regulations that limited the number of top TV stations in a single market that one company could own.
Nexstar has sought to portray the deal as consistent with the Trump administration’s deregulatory moves.
“The initiatives being pursued by the Trump administration offer local broadcasters the opportunity to expand reach, level the playing field, and compete more effectively with the Big Tech and legacy Big Media companies that have unchecked reach and vast financial resources,” Nexstar’s CEO, Perry Sook, said when announcing the deal.
The news of the acquisition came as more Americans shift from cable — in what’s known as “cord-cutting” — to streaming. According to a July 2025 Gallup poll of around 10,000 U.S. adults, 83% said they watch streaming services, while 36% said they currently subscribe to cable or satellite TV at home.
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