Nexstar Digital & Nexstar Broadcasting Merging
Nexstar Media Group’s three primary businesses — broadcasting, networks and digital – will now be operating divisions under the Nexstar, Inc. umbrella. The digital business unit will be led by Karen Brophy, who will assume the role of President, Digital with responsibility for Nexstar’s 121 local websites, programmatic, data science, social media, group sales and partnerships as well as the ongoing streamlining of the Company’s ad tech stack to better align Nexstar with today’s digital environment.
Timothy C. Busch (center) will serve as President, Broadcasting overseeing the Company’s 197 television stations and related digital multicast signals which reach 115 markets, and Sean Compton (right) will serve as President, Networks overseeing WGN America, AntennaTV and WGN Radio.
Brophy, Busch and Compton and will report directly to Nexstar Media Group President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Thomas E. Carter. Following a transition period, Gregory R. Raifman, who currently serves as President of Nexstar Digital LLC, will leave the Company at the conclusion of his contract on March 31, 2021.