LIN Media

LIN Media, LLC
Company typePublic
NYSE: LIN
Industry
Predecessor
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)[1]
DefunctDecember 19, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-12-19)
FateMerged with Media General
Successor
HeadquartersProvidence, Rhode Island
Austin, Texas
Area served
United States (Nationwide)
Key people
Vincent L. Sadusky (CEO)
ProductsBroadcast television
RevenueIncrease $443.5 million USD
Increase $247.44 million USD
Decrease $274.5 million USD
OwnerHM Capital Partners (70%)[2]
Number of employees
2,414 (full-time)
Subsidiaries
The former LIN TV logo.

LIN Media was an American holding company founded in 1994[1] that operated 43 television stations. All except one were affiliates of the six major U.S. television networks. One of the remaining stations was a low-powered weather station in Indiana.

LIN Media's chief executive officer was Vincent L. Sadusky. Sadusky had been LIN's chief financial officer, Vice President and treasurer since 2004, and had been CFO for Telemundo, working closely on its sale to GE/NBC. Sadusky had been interim CEO since former chairman Gary R. Chapman announced his impending retirement in June 2006, and through the company's search for a permanent replacement. He was installed as CEO upon Chapman's retirement on July 10, 2006.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Lin Television in Deal". The New York Times. December 30, 1994. Retrieved February 17, 2013. The newly formed Lin Television Corporation…part of the previously announced transfer of ownership of Lin Television by the Lin Broadcasting Corporation to its shareholders.
  2. ^ "LIN TV 2012 Annual Report- SEC Filings". LIN TV. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
  3. ^ Romano, Allison (July 13, 2006). "LIN Taps Sandusky as CEO". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved August 11, 2009.