LIN Media LLC (LIN, Financial) (0.1%) (LIN - $26.50 - NYSE) is a Providence, Rhode Island based multimedia company with forty-three television stations and seven digital channels in over twenty U.S. markets. On March 21, 2014, Media General Inc., another broadcasting company, announced that it would acquire LIN in a $1.6 billion merger. Each shareholder of LIN can elect to receive $27.82 in cash or 1.5762 shares of a new holding company, subject to proration. The deal has a "window-shop" period through April 25, 2014 and is expected to close in early 2015 after both companies receive shareholder and U.S. regulatory approvals.
From Mario Gabelli (Trades, Portfolio)'s first quarter 2014 ABC Fund commentary.
