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ITN is near the top of the heap in the UK news business. Independent Television News (ITN) produces news and documentaries for television, radio, and new media outlets. Its core business is the production of news programming for ITV1, but it also produces broadcasts for other clients, including the Channel 4 network, about 250 radio stations, and digital satellite and Internet outfits. UK broadcasting giant ITV was behind ITN's founding in 1955 and owns 40% of it. Other partners sharing ownership in the joint venture include Daily Mail and General Trust, United Business Media, and Thomson Reuters.

Journal Broadcast Group is a leading local broadcaster with about 35 radio stations and a dozen TV stations operating in a dozen states. Its radio stations program a wide variety of formats, including news, talk, and sports, as well as different genres of music. They typically operate in clusters within markets, allowing the stations to combine certain back-office functions. The company's portfolio of TV stations includes affiliates of nearly all the major networks. Journal Broadcast Group is a subsidiary of diversified media company Journal Communications, the publisher of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Kew Media Distribution, part of Kew Media Group, distributes a diverse catalogue of film, television and digital assets to broadcasters and viewing platforms across the world. Kew Media Distribution manages international rights to a library of over 11,000 hours of TV and digital content, including major drama series, non-fiction entertainment, special event programming, kids' series, TV movies and mini-series.

Lighthearted Entertainment gives its viewers a heavy dose of reality. A television production company, Lighthearted produces such reality television shows as The Moment of Truth, a game show that asks contestants to answer difficult personal questions truthfully (Have you ever cheated on your wife?) in exchange for cash prizes; plastic surgery show Extreme Makeover; and dating shows Next! and The Big Date. Its productions have aired on major network and cable channels like FOX, ABC, and MTV. Lighthearted, which is privately-owned, was founded in 1992 by president Howard Schultz.

LIN TV owns and operates about 30 stations serving nearly 20 markets in about a dozen states. Its portfolio of stations includes affiliates with all the major networks -- mostly CBS and FOX -- as well as stations affiliated with smaller networks The CW Network and MyNetworkTV. Many of the company's stations operate as duopolies with two stations serving a single market. In addition, LIN Media owns 20% of a joint venture with NBC Universal parent General Electric that operates NBC stations in Dallas and San Diego. Dallas-based private equity firm HM Capital Partners controls 35% of the company.

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