verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message abry partners type private ownership limited liability company industry private equity founded 1989 by andrew banks and royce yudkoff headquarters 111 huntington avenue boston massachusetts u.s. products investments private equity funds total assets 2.8 billion number of employees 20 website www.abry.com abry partners is a private equity firm headquartered in boston massachusetts that focuses on investments in media . since 1989 the firm has completed over 18.0 billion of leveraged transactions and other private equity and mezzanine investments representing investments in more than 450 media properties . contents 1 history 2 selected investments 3 references 4 external links history edit current and previous areas of investment include cable television publishing radio and television broadcasting and other media and communications sectors . 1 previous abry logo in use through 2010 notable past present and future investments include act iii broadcasting cygnus business media nexstar broadcasting group muzak holdings legendary pictures consolidated theatres f w media language line citadel broadcasting monitronics and rcn corporation . senior investment professionals at abry include andrew banks royce yudkoff peggy koenig jay grossman erik brooks peni garber and john hunt . 2 in october 2010 abry partners acquisition of outsourced staffing provider comforce corp cfs for 84.8 million . 3 in august 2015 icann president ceo fadi chehad announced that after his term ends he will take the position of senior advisor on digital strategy for abry . 4 selected investments edit notable past investments include cygnus business media f w media muzak holdings legendary pictures consolidated theatres and citadel broadcasting . in addition abry has invested in act iii broadcasting 5 atlantic broadband 6 b & h education 7 kidz bop 8 nexstar broadcasting group 9 and thomsons online benefits 10 references edit abry partners inc. company profile . hoover s. retrieved 20 november 2015 . company overview of abry partners llc . bloomberg businessweek . 19 november 2015 . comforce to be bought by abry partners for about 84.8 mln . rttnews . 2 november 2011 . chehad fadi . my transition from icann ceo . 17 august 2015 . icann . retrieved 17 august 2015 . act iii to sell 8 tv stations los angeles times june 22 1995 abry and oak hill capital sell atlantic broadband to cogeco cable . b & h education quad partners . razor & tie buys back kidz bop . abry to sell 3.5 m shares of nexstar broadcasting . thomsons online benefits secures significant investment to exploit global trend for benefits control . external links edit company website v t e private equity and venture capital basic investment types buyout venture mezzanine growth secondaries equity co investment history 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