Young Broadcasting, Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $267 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $487 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 1,097
• Sub-industry: 48 Communications
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: NY New York
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Sonnenschein Nath
• Date of filing: February 13, 2009
• Judge at filing: Arthur J. Gonzalez
• Court district of filing: NY SD
• Court city of filing: New York
• Case number: 09-10645
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Filed at headquarters


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? no
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: May 10, 2010
• Judge at disposition: Arthur J. Gonzalez
• Days from filing to disposition: 451

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? emerged 5 years, did not refile