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Perry Sook

Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Nexstar Media

Search every verified Perry Sook interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Perry Sook, founder, chairman, and CEO of Nexstar Media Group, has been actively promoting the company's proposed $6.2 billion acquisition of rival broadcaster Tegna, which was announced in August 2025)Skip. Sook has said the deal is intended to allow Nexstar to compete on a "level playing field" with large technology companies, and has argued that current federal regulations limiting broadcast station ownership are outdated. He stated that he has made multiple trips to Washington, D.C., to meet with lawmakers and regulators to advocate for the transaction, which he described as an investment in preserving local journalism. Sook has also said that the regulatory environment is moving toward deregulation and that the company is pushing to eliminate rules he characterized as unnecessary. In public appearances and interviews in late 2025, Sook has emphasized the importance of local television journalism, which he called "the last bastion of journalism in local communities." He has stated that Nexstar will not use artificial intelligence to replace human journalists or news anchors, and that the company's strategy involves consolidating facilities and operations to reduce costs and reinvest in local news. Sook has also discussed the company's "Founders Day" community service initiative and its partnership with Feeding America, and has said he hopes his personal legacy will be that he "was an honest guy" who built a company employees could be proud to work for.

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“We will never have an AI anchor as long as I'm running the company. We will never have an AI journalist trying to do the work of journalists.”

“Now, the good news is, at least for us, is that the 8th circuit court just said that the top four prohibition is arbitrary and capricious and threw the law out.”

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