Mohamed Named LIN Controller

Filed at 4:40 p.m. EST on Mar. 26, 2009

Nicholas N. Mohamed has been named vice president and controller at LIN TV, replacing William Cunningham. Mohammed comes from Sensata Technologies. He'll oversee LIN TV's day-to-day finance, accounting, and treasury operations and will report to LIN CFO/Senior V.P. Richard J. Schmaeling.

Mohamed starts March 31.

Schmaeling thanked Cunningham for his hard work and welcomed Mohamed to the team. "We look forward to building on the progress of our core business functions," Schmaeling said. "Nick's financial expertise and proven experience will ensure continued accuracy and efficiency of LIN TV's financial operations and further position our company for growth and success."

Mohamed earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Georgetown.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.