Nexstar Media Group has hired a long-time policy advisor to serve as its newest representative in Washington, D.C.
Scott Weaver will join the company as its Senior Vice President of Government Relations in September. He joins from Wiley Rein, where he worked for more than a decade. He also served as an advisor to the presidential campaign of Florida Senator Marco Rubio from 2015 to 2016.
“Nexstar’s business has grown substantially over the last several years as we became the largest local broadcaster in the United States, launched our national cable news network, NewsNation, acquired majority ownership of The CW Network, and deepened our relationships with our network and distribution partners,” Perry Sook, the Chairman and CEO of Nexstar, said in a statement. “We have a unique business model with legislative and regulatory goals that are unlike other media companies. Scott’s experience, leadership, and reputation for getting things done, along with the respect he has earned across the political landscape, make him the ideal person to represent Nexstar in the nation’s capital.”
Weaver will report to Sook when he starts next month. Nexstar said he will help set the broadcaster’s legislative and regulatory priorities, and represent the company in front of key legislative stakeholders in Washington.
As part of the hiring, Nexstar is also establishing its first office focused on government affairs in the nation’s capital.
