Who Owns NewsNation?
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Ownership Chain
NewsNation
NewsNation is an American cable news and digital media network, formerly the WGN America superstation established in 1978 and relaunched under its current NewsNation brand in 2021, that markets itself as providing fact-based, unbiased national news coverage for U.S. viewers and is owned by Nexstar Media Group.
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Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. is a publicly traded U.S. media company that owns and operates television stations, broadcast networks, and digital news and information properties across the United States.
NewsNation
NewsNation is an American cable news and digital media network, formerly the WGN America superstation established in 1978 and relaunched under its current NewsNation brand in 2021, that markets itself as providing fact-based, unbiased national news coverage for U.S. viewers and is owned by Nexstar Media Group.
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Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. is a publicly traded U.S. media company that owns and operates television stations, broadcast networks, and digital news and information properties across the United States.
Major Shareholders
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Major Shareholders
| Name | Type | Ownership | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
BlackRock Inc. Approximate stake based on Yahoo Finance “Top Institutional Holders” data (about 3.10M NXST shares, 10.22% of shares outstanding as of Sep. 30, 2025). | Institutional | 10.2% | Sep 2025 |
The Vanguard Group, Inc. Approximate stake from the same Yahoo Finance institutional holders table (about 3.07M shares, 10.11% ownership as of Sep. 30, 2025). | Institutional | 10.1% | Sep 2025 |
Perry A. Sook Founder, chairman and CEO. After March 4–5, 2025 Form 4-reported sales, he directly owned about 773,195 shares and indirectly 975,956 shares via PS Sook Ltd. (total ~1.75M shares). Percentage (~5.6%) is estimated using roughly 31M shares outstanding in early 2025. | Founder | 5.6% | Mar 2025 |
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Large quantitative asset manager; holds ~1.39M NXST shares (about 4.59% of shares outstanding) per Yahoo Finance institutional holders data as of Sep. 30, 2025. | Institutional | 4.6% | Sep 2025 |
LSV Asset Management Value-focused institutional manager; reported holding about 1.16M shares (3.82% ownership) in Q3 2025 13F data summarized by Yahoo Finance. | Institutional | 3.8% | Sep 2025 |
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. Asset management arm of Charles Schwab; also shown with ~1.16M shares (3.82% of NXST) in Q3 2025 institutional holder summaries. | Institutional | 3.8% | Sep 2025 |
Neuberger Berman Group LLC Active asset manager; holds roughly 1.08M shares (about 3.57% stake) according to Yahoo Finance Q3 2025 institutional ownership data. | Institutional | 3.6% | Sep 2025 |
State Street Corporation Global custodian and index manager; beneficial owner of ~892.7k shares (about 2.94% of NXST) per Q3 2025 institutional holder filings. | Institutional | 2.9% | Sep 2025 |
Royal Bank of Canada (incl. RBC Global Asset Management) Canadian banking group and its asset-management arm collectively report ~890.6k shares (about 2.94% ownership) in Q3 2025 filings summarized by Yahoo Finance and MarketScreener. | Institutional | 2.9% | Sep 2025 |
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. Behavioral-finance-focused investment manager; holds about 865.2k shares, or roughly 2.85% of Nexstar, based on Sep. 30, 2025 institutional holder data. | Institutional | 2.9% | Sep 2025 |
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