Nexstar Media Group Inc. must pause its integration with rival TV station owner Tegna Inc., a federal judge ruled, while DirecTV and a group of state attorneys general challenge the merger on antitrust grounds.
US District Judge Troy L. Nunley in Sacramento granted DirecTV’s request to pause the deal, which the companies closed last week. Nunley ruled Friday that the companies must stop further efforts to combine while the lawsuit plays out. A group of state attorneys general led by California are also challenging the deal and were seeking an identical ruling.
The companies “do not contest this merger ...
