Tegna appoints Patrick Paolini, a veteran executive from Fox Television Stations, as its new chief executive officer while the company continues to address litigation over its merger with Nexstar. According to reports, Paolini previously spent about 26 years at Fox stations, including serving most recently as executive vice president of advertising sales, before leaving the company last week. He takes over as Tegna seeks to move forward through legal disputes tied to the proposed or completed merger, which is being challenged in court by efforts to undo the deal. Both outlets describe the appointment as part of Tegna’s leadership change during the ongoing Nexstar merger legal showdown. The reporting also frames Paolini’s hiring as a transition to new executive management as Tegna works on resolving the case and determining how the merger dispute progresses. No additional details about the legal claims or court schedule are provided in the excerpts, but the appointment is consistently linked to Tegna’s broader effort to manage the fallout and uncertainty surrounding the Nexstar transaction.