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LIN Media: History, Companies & Measurement

LIN Media was an American holding company founded in 1994 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.

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LIN Media topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Companies and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around LIN Media.

Related topics
119
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
122
Extracted relationships
56
Concept neighborhoods
27
Bridge connections
122

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 112 topics
Overview · 6 topics
Former stations · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1994; 32 years ago (1994)
Industry
Broadcast television · Television production
Owner
HM Capital Partners (70%)
Headquarters
Providence, Rhode Island Austin, Texas
Area served
United States (Nationwide)
Defunct
December 19, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-12-19)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Former stations

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How LIN Media connects Entity context

The extracted context around LIN Media shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, LIN Media → Also, Georgia, July, Kansas, KNSD, KTKA-TV, KXAS-TV, LIN, LIN TV, LLC, NBC, NBCUniversal, New Vision Television, New Vision-owned, October, Ohio, On February, On May, PBC Broadcasting, PBC-owned Another extracted example is LIN Media → LIN Broadcasting, LIN TV Corporation, New Vision Television. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

LIN Media

Top relations

related to 2012: New Vision acquisition, NBC sale · 28
LIN Media → Also, Georgia, July, Kansas, KNSD, KTKA-TV, KXAS-TV, LIN, LIN TV, LLC, NBC, NBCUniversal, New Vision Television, New Vision-owned, October, Ohio, On February, On May, PBC Broadcasting, PBC-owned
Predecessor · 3
LIN Media → LIN Broadcasting, LIN TV Corporation, New Vision Television
related to External links · 3
LIN Media → Business, LIN Media LLC, SEC
Industry · 2
LIN Media → Broadcast television, Television production
Subsidiaries · 2
LIN Media → LIN Digital, Station Venture Holdings (20.38%)
Successor · 2
LIN Media → Media General, Nexstar Media Group
related to Former stations · 2
LIN Media → Stations, Two
Area served · 1
LIN Media → United States (Nationwide)
Defunct · 1
LIN Media → December 19, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-12-19)
Fate · 1
LIN Media → Merged with Media General

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

lin stations tv media television new company station broadcasting owned announced nbc would sadusky sale acquired general two broadcast 1994

LIN Media relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 56 structured relationships around LIN Media. Examples in this analysis include LIN Media → Area served → United States (Nationwide) and LIN Media → Defunct → December 19, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-12-19). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
LIN MediaArea servedUnited States (Nationwide)1.00infobox
LIN MediaDefunctDecember 19, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-12-19)1.00infobox
LIN MediaFateMerged with Media General1.00infobox
LIN MediaFounded1994; 32 years ago (1994)1.00infobox
LIN MediaHeadquartersProvidence, Rhode Island Austin, Texas1.00infobox
LIN MediaIndustryBroadcast television1.00infobox
LIN MediaIndustryTelevision production1.00infobox
LIN MediaKey peopleVincent L. Sadusky (CEO)1.00infobox
LIN MediaNet income$274.5 million USD1.00infobox
LIN MediaNumber of employees2,414 (full-time)1.00infobox
LIN MediaOperating income$247.44 million USD1.00infobox
LIN MediaOwnerHM Capital Partners (70%)1.00infobox
LIN MediaPredecessorLIN Broadcasting1.00infobox
LIN MediaPredecessorLIN TV Corporation1.00infobox
LIN MediaPredecessorNew Vision Television1.00infobox
LIN MediaProductsBroadcast television1.00infobox
LIN MediaRevenue$443.5 million USD1.00infobox
LIN MediaSubsidiariesLIN Digital1.00infobox
LIN MediaSubsidiariesStation Venture Holdings (20.38%)1.00infobox
LIN MediaSuccessorMedia General1.00infobox
LIN MediaSuccessorNexstar Media Group1.00infobox
LIN MediaTraded asNYSE: LIN1.00infobox
LIN MediaTypePublic1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around LIN Media bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Tv, Stations and Media. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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    • Stations
    • Media
    • Television
    • New
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    • Broadcasting
    • Merger
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    • Company
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    • Tv
    • General
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    • Media
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    • Broadcasting
    • Merger
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  • nbc
    • Also
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    • Broadcast
    • Sale
    • Station
    • Since
    • Former
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    • Public
    • Vincent
    • Corporation
    • Deal
  • western new york public broadcasting association
    • Owned
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  • fox interactive media
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    • General
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    • Group
    • Tv
    • Television
    • Stations
    • Vincent
    • Corporation
    • Broadcast

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For LIN Media, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects LIN Media with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
LIN MediaHistory · splits 10 ⟂ 113
LIN MediaOverview · splits 116 ⟂ 7

Map overview Semantic statistics

LIN Media

Nodes123
Edges122
Triples56
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.01626
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around LIN Media to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — LIN Media · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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