{"id":2124699,"date":"2025-10-30T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2124699"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:00:08","slug":"nexstar-extends-ceo-perry-sooks-contract-into-2029","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/nexstar-extends-ceo-perry-sooks-contract-into-2029\/","title":{"rendered":"Nexstar Extends CEO Perry Sook\u2019s Contract Into 2029"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">The local TV giant <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0982204\/\">Nexstar<\/a> has signed its chairman and CEO <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm13139479\/\">Perry Sook<\/a> to a new employment contract, one that will keep the executive at the helm of the company through March 2029.<\/p>\n<p>Sook, who founded Nexstar in 1996, is also the third largest shareholder in the company after the institutional firms <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1075118\/\">Blackrock<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0455775\/\">Vanguard<\/a>, holding 5.8 percent of the company\u2019s shares as of earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The contract extension comes at a pivotal moment for Nexstar, which is seeking to acquire <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0534167\/\">Tegna<\/a> in a $6.2 billion deal that would reshape the TV station landscape. The deal would require the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0042869\/\">FCC<\/a> to change its TV station ownership rules.<\/p>\n<p>Nexstar also owns the political news outlet <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0661437\/\">The Hill<\/a>, The CW, and the cable news channel <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0867835\/\">NewsNation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we embark on this next phase of growth for Nexstar, I have never been more energized about the prospects for the industry, for Nexstar and for what Nexstar can become,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The local TV giant Nexstar has signed its chairman and CEO Perry Sook to a new employment contract, one that will keep the executive at the helm of the company through March 2029. 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