Total Compensation: $ 806,717.00
Mr. Sadusky was elected to our Board in July 2006, when he was also appointed our President and Chief Executive Officer. From August 2004 until July 2006, Mr. Sadusky served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company. From 1999 until August 2004, Mr. Sadusky was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Telemundo Communications Group, Inc., where he worked for over ten years. Prior to joining Telemundo Communications, he performed audit and consulting services for seven years with Ernst & Young, LLC. Mr. Sadusky serves on the board of Maximum Service Television, Inc. (MSTV) and Gannaway Web Holdings, LLC (WorldNow). Mr. Sadusky received his BS in accounting from Penn State University and his MBA from New York Institute of Technology.
Total Compensation: $ 310,161.00
Bart W. Catalane has been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since November 2006. He previously served as President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Ziff Davis Media, Inc. from November 2001 to February 2006. Mr. Catalane was Chief Financial Officer of TMP Worldwide Inc. from June 1999 to October 2001 and Executive Vice President Operations and Chief Financial Officer of ABC Radio Networks, ABC Radio and ABC Broadcasting from August 1989 to May 1999.
Total Compensation: $ 582,687.00
Denise M. Parent has been Vice President General Counsel and Secretary since September 2006. Previously, she was Vice President and Deputy General Counsel since March 1997. From April 1993 to March 1997, Ms. Parent was employed by The Providence Journal Company as Senior Corporate Counsel. Prior to 1993, Ms. Parent was employed by Adler, Pollock & Sheehan Incorporated, a law firm in Providence, Rhode Island.
Total Compensation: $ —
William A. Cunningham has been Controller since July 1998. He was promoted to Vice President in November 1999. From March 1987 to October 1994, Mr. Cunningham was employed by Fox Television as Vice President, Finance and from October 1994 to June 1996, he was employed by SF Broadcasting, LLC, a joint venture of Fox Television and Savoy Pictures, as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Stern was elected to our Board in September 2006. Mr. Stern previously served, from 2004 to March 2005, as President and Chief Executive Officer of the DirecTV Group, Inc., a satellite television provider. From 1998 until December 2003, Mr. Stern was Chairman and CEO of Fox Television Stations and Twentieth Television, both divisions of News Corporation, where he worked since 1986. From 1978 until 1986, Mr. Stern held various positions in the CBS Television Stations division. Mr. Stern received his MBA from the University of Chicago.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Pausic was elected to our Board in February 2006. Mr. Pausic has been a Limited Partner of Maverick Capital Ltd., a registered investment advisor managing private investment funds, since 1997, where he leads Maverick's efforts in media and telecommunications investments. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Pausic was a corporate Vice President at Viacom where he was responsible for international strategic planning and business development. From 1991 to 1995, he served as Vice President of market development and strategic planning for 20th Century Fox. Mr. Pausic received his BS from the University of Virginia and MBA from Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. McCormick was elected to our Board and named non-executive Chairman of our Board in September 2006. Mr. McCormick is a partner with Rho Ventures, a division of Rho Capital Partners, which he joined in October 2006. Mr. McCormick's primary focus at Rho is on investments in the media sector. Prior to Rho, Mr. McCormick was CEO of iVillage Inc. from August 2000 until May 2006. He also served on iVillage's Board of Directors, to which he was appointed in February 1999 and was elected Chairman in April 2001. Mr. McCormick also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Lifetime Television, a cable network provider from 1993 to 1998. Prior to Lifetime, Mr. McCormick held executive positions with The Samuel Goldwyn Company, Cable Health Network, Petry Television and KCOP-TV. Currently, Mr. McCormick is a member of the board of Ovation Television, Waterfront Media and Wayport Inc. Mr. McCormick received his MBA from Columbia University.
Total Compensation: $ —
Ms. Hart was elected to our Board in December 2006. Most recently, from March 2004 to August 2005, Ms. Hart served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle Systems, Inc. a provider of video editing hardware and software to television broadcast station newsrooms. Previously, from April 2001 to March 2002, Ms. Hart served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Excite@Home. Excite@Home filed for bankruptcy under chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code in September 2001. Prior to Excite@Home, from June 1999 to April 2001, Ms. Hart was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Telocity, Inc. Both Excite@Home and Telocity, Inc. are broadband service providers. Ms. Hart also served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Sprint's Long Distance Division from December 1997 to April 1999, and in a number of other senior-level positions with Sprint since December 1995. Ms. Hart is a director of Korn Ferry International, Spansion Inc., and International Game Technology. Ms. Hart received her BS in marketing and economics from Illinois State University.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Carson was elected to our Board in August 2000. Since 1982, he has served as Chairman and President of Carson Private Capital, and he has over 35 years of experience sourcing, structuring and managing private investments. From 1974 to 1994, Mr. Carson's investment focus was in the oil and gas sector. During that period, Mr. Carson founded Carson Petroleum Corporation, which was sold to Devon Energy Corporation in 1982. Mr. Carson also co-founded CPC Dale Petroleum Company. Prior to forming Carson Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Carson was a registered principal of Royal W. Carson & Company, Inc., an investment securities firm in Oklahoma founded by his father, Royal W. Carson, Jr. Mr. Carson serves as a director of various privately held corporations and community organizations. Mr. Carson also serves on the advisory boards of two prominent private equity firms, HM Capital Partners, LLC (Dallas) and Lion Capital (London).
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Banowsky was elected to our Board in May 2002. Since 2001, Mr. Banowsky has served as Chief Executive Officer of Magnolia Pictures Company, an independent film distribution company. From March 1999 to September 2000, Mr. Banowsky was Executive Vice President and General Counsel of AMFM, Inc., which was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange until September 2000. From January 1997 to July 2000, Mr. Banowsky was Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Capstar Broadcasting Corporation, which was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange until it merged with AMFM, Inc., in July 1999. Mr. Banowsky practiced law for 10 years in Dallas, Texas prior to joining Capstar. Mr. Banowsky served as a director of Sunrise Television Corp. and STC Broadcasting, Inc. until May 2002, when they were merged into the Company.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Brodsky was elected to our Board in June 2005. Mr. Brodsky joined HM Capital Partners, LLC in 1995 and was named partner in 2001. Mr. Brodsky focuses primarily on the media sector. He serves as director of several of HM Capital's portfolio companies including Choice Cable TV, CanPages Inc., Phone Directories Company, Unitek and Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company. Prior to joining HM Capital Partners, Mr. Brodsky worked in the Investment Banking Division of Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Brodsky received his BA from Yale University in 1992.
Total Compensation: $ 607,985.00
Scott M. Blumenthal has been Executive Vice President Television since September 2006. From February 2005 until September 2006, he served as Vice President Television of our wholly-owned subsidiary, LIN Television Corporation. Mr. Blumenthal previously held general manager positions at our WISH-TV station from May 1999 to September 2002 and at our WOOD-TV and WOTV-TV stations from May 1994 to May 1999.
Total Compensation: $ 751,674.00
Gregory M. Schmidt has been Executive Vice President Digital Media since September, 2006. Previously, he was Vice President New Development, General Counsel and Secretary since March 1995. From January 1985 to March 1995, Mr. Schmidt was a partner at Covington & Burling LLP, a Washington D.C. law firm with a practice in regulatory and communications law.
