Nexstar Media Group
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Nexstar Media Group is a major American media company and the largest owner of local television stations in the United States.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nexstar Media Group canonical | 17 |
| Nexstar Broadcasting Group | 1 |
| Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. | 1 |
| Nexstar Digital | 1 |
| Nexstar Media Inc. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1723817 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nexstar Media Group Context triple: [Irving, Texas, isHeadquartersOf, Nexstar Media Group]
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A.
Tribune Company
Tribune Company was a major American media conglomerate best known for owning prominent newspapers like the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, as well as various television stations.
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B.
E. W. Scripps Company
The E. W. Scripps Company is a major American media conglomerate best known for owning a wide portfolio of television networks and stations, including prominent cable and broadcast brands.
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C.
Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group is a major American telecommunications conglomerate and one of the largest owners and operators of television stations in the United States.
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D.
Hearst Communications
Hearst Communications is a major American mass media and business information conglomerate with interests in television, cable networks, magazines, newspapers, and digital media.
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E.
Cox Media Group
Cox Media Group is a major American media conglomerate that owns and operates television stations, radio stations, and digital media properties across numerous U.S. markets.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nexstar Media Group Target entity description: Nexstar Media Group is a major American media company and the largest owner of local television stations in the United States.
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A.
Tribune Company
Tribune Company was a major American media conglomerate best known for owning prominent newspapers like the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, as well as various television stations.
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B.
E. W. Scripps Company
The E. W. Scripps Company is a major American media conglomerate best known for owning a wide portfolio of television networks and stations, including prominent cable and broadcast brands.
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C.
Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group is a major American telecommunications conglomerate and one of the largest owners and operators of television stations in the United States.
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D.
Hearst Communications
Hearst Communications is a major American mass media and business information conglomerate with interests in television, cable networks, magazines, newspapers, and digital media.
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E.
Cox Media Group
Cox Media Group is a major American media conglomerate that owns and operates television stations, radio stations, and digital media properties across numerous U.S. markets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
media company
ⓘ
public company ⓘ television broadcasting company ⓘ |
| acquired |
Tribune Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Tribune Media
|
| acquisitionOfTribuneMediaAnnounced | 2018 ⓘ |
| acquisitionOfTribuneMediaCompleted | 2019 ⓘ |
| chairperson | Perry A. Sook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chiefExecutiveOfficer | Perry A. Sook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formerName |
Nexstar Media Group
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Nexstar Broadcasting Group
|
| founded | 1996 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Perry A. Sook ⓘ |
| hasBroadcastAffiliationsWith |
ABC
ⓘ
CBS ⓘ Fox ⓘ MyNetworkTV ⓘ NBC ⓘ The CW ⓘ |
| hasCorporateStructure | holding company ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerson | Perry A. Sook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMarketsServed | over 100 U.S. television markets ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfTelevisionStations | over 190 ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Nexstar Media Group
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.
Nexstar Media Group self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Nexstar Digital
|
| hasTypeOfOwnership | publicly traded ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Irving, Texas ⓘ |
| industry |
broadcasting
ⓘ
media ⓘ television ⓘ |
| isLargestOwnerOf | local television stations in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfBroadcast | English ⓘ |
| listedOn | Nasdaq-100 index (historically, depending on period) ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
digital media
ⓘ
local television broadcasting ⓘ |
| owns |
NewsNation
ⓘ
The CW ⓘ
surface form:
The CW Network
WGN America ⓘ
surface form:
WGN America (rebranded as NewsNation)
digital multicast networks and related assets ⓘ multiple local television stations in the United States ⓘ |
| parentCompanyOf |
Nexstar Media Group
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Nexstar Media Inc.
|
| primaryBusinessModel | operating and providing services to television stations ⓘ |
| primaryRevenueSource |
advertising
ⓘ
digital media services ⓘ retransmission consent fees ⓘ |
| serves | local television audiences in the United States ⓘ |
| stockExchange |
NASDAQ
ⓘ
surface form:
Nasdaq
|
| tickerSymbol | NXST ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Nexstar Media Group Description of subject: Nexstar Media Group is a major American media company and the largest owner of local television stations in the United States.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nexstar Broadcasting Group
this entity surface form:
Nexstar Media Inc.
this entity surface form:
Nexstar Digital
this entity surface form:
Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.