Who owns The Hill?
The Hill is owned by Nexstar (the United States, NASDAQ: NXST).[1]
Evidence: Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-27, SEC EDGAR, 27 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Nexstar Media Group, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Irving
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Digital publishing
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: NXST
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About The Hill
The Hill is a digital political news property owned by Nexstar. Its 2025 10-K describes The Hill together with NewsNationNow.com as collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news property. It sits within Nexstar's digital operations beside its television stations.
What Nexstar's annual report says about The Hill
Sentences about The Hill from Nexstar's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
NewsNation is our news network providing fact-based, unbiased "News for All Americans." The Hill is the nation's leading, independent political digital media platform.
We achieved these cost reductions by reducing middle management in our ad sales division, streamlining work processes at our local markets to improve productivity, and improving integration of The CW and The Hill into the broader organization, among other initiatives.
For national advertisers, we have a collection of national networks/properties including The CW, NewsNation, Antenna TV and The Hill as well as television stations covering 70% of the country (without applying the FCC UHF discount) including eight of the top 10 and 18 of the top 25 DMAs.
How often Nexstar names The Hill in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of The Hill
Where The Hill sits in Nexstar
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Nexstar
Nexstar controls 5 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in digital publishing, and who owns them
The 36 brands in digital publishing on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is Astro, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Astro Ulagam | Astro | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Research Exchange | Wiley | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Engadget | Apollo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Allrecipes | IAC | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bossip | Urban One | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Audible | Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BOOK☆WALKER | Kadokawa | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| NAVER Blog | NAVER | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: Nexstar
Nexstar is a publicly listed company headquartered in Irving, United States. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: NXST.
Nexstar Media Group is a Delaware corporation based in Irving, Texas, whose common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as NXST. Its 10-K for 2025 describes a local television group of over 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets, alongside national networks and digital properties. The filing says a merger with TEGNA is pending and expected to close by the second half of 2026, so TEGNA assets are not included here. Nexstar also reports a 31.3% interest in Television Food Network, G.P.; Food Network is already recorded under its other owner, so it is not listed as a Nexstar brand.
🇺🇸 The Hill and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; The Hill is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of The Hill?
The parent company of The Hill is Nexstar, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is The Hill American?
Yes. The Hill originated in the United States and its owner, Nexstar, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is The Hill still owned by Nexstar?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, The Hill is still owned by Nexstar. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-27 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 27 February 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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