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Company type | Public |
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NYSE: LIN | |
Industry | |
Predecessor |
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Founded | 1994[1] |
Defunct | December 19, 2014 |
Fate | Merged with Media General |
Successor | |
Headquarters | Providence, Rhode Island Austin, Texas |
Area served | United States (Nationwide) |
Key people | Vincent L. Sadusky (CEO) |
Products | Broadcast television |
Revenue | $443.5 million USD |
$247.44 million USD | |
$274.5 million USD | |
Owner | HM Capital Partners (70%)[2] |
Number of employees | 2,414 (full-time) |
Subsidiaries |
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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]
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.