Paul A. Karpowicz

LIN TV Corp. operates as a local television and digital media company. It owns and operates television stations, interactive television station, niche web sites and a growing suite of mobile products. The company television stations delivers local news and community stories, as well as sports and entertainment programs to the U.S. television homes. It also involves in the convergence of local broadcast television and the Internet and offer innovative online technologies and solutions that deliver measurable results to advertisers. The company serves the public interest by making advertising time available to political candidates, by providing free daily local news coverage, making public service announcements and broadcasting children's programming. LIN TV was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Providence, RI.

Meredith Corp. engaged in television broadcasting and magazine advertising business. It operated through the Local Media and National Media business segments. The Local Media segment included television stations and offers websites, mobile-optimized websites, and mobile applications. The National Media segment consists of national consumer media brands delivered via multiple media platforms including print magazines and digital and mobile media, brand licensing activities, database-related activities, and business-to-business marketing products and services. The company was founded by Edwin Thomas Meredith in 1902 and was headquartered in Des Moines, IA.

The Associated Press provides news media services. It offers global news network, delivering news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats. The firm supplies a stream of news around the clock to its domestic members, international subscribers and commercial customers. The company was founded in 1846 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Broadcast Music, Inc. operates performing rights organization. The firm represents songwriters, composers and music publishers in all music genres. It collects license fees on behalf of those American creators it represents. The company was founded in 1939 and is located in New York, NY.

Part of National Association of Broadcasters, Association for Maximum Service Television, Inc. provides broadcasting policies. The company is based in Washington. Association for Maximum Service Television was acquired by National Association of Broadcasters on June 07, 2011.

Television Bureau of Advertising, Inc. is a non-profit trade association that represents the local broadcast television industry. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY. The company's members include television stations, broadcast groups, advertising sales representatives, syndicators, international broadcasters, and associate members. The company actively promotes local media marketing solutions to the advertising community and works to develop advertising dollars for the medium's multiple platforms, including on-air, online, and mobile. The company provides a diverse variety of tools and resources, including its website, to support its members and to help advertisers make the best use of local ad dollars. The CEO of the company is Steve Lanzano.