LIN Partners With Rep Firm Katz

LIN Media has hired Katz Television Group to be its national rep firm, shifting 35 stations from their previous sales representation at Petry. The stations include KXAN-KNVA Austin, WOOD-WOTV Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo, and WTNH-WCTX Hartford-New Haven.

The arrangement began Dec. 3.

Leo MacCourtney, president and CEO of Katz, called LIN “an extremely important piece of business” for the rep firm.

“This is a great win for Katz and we look forward to being Lin's key national sales partner,” he added.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.