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Clear Channel Greases Palms To Block XM/Sirius Merger
2008-05-30 17:16:00 Clear Channel spent more than $760,000 in the first quarter lobbying against the combination of two satellite radio companies and on other issues, according to a disclosure form, reports Encore.com. The company, like most of the broadcast radio industry, opposes the proposed $5 billion acquisition of XM Satellite Radio by Sirius. That deal was cleared by the Justice Department in March but still needs approval by the FCC. All AccessSo what's so unusual about that?
By: Chickaboomer
Clear Channel Settlement Imminent
2008-05-13 02:01:00 Clear Channel's sale to buyout firms neared completion at $18 billion, below the original $19.4 billion price.
By: mini wisdom
Clear Channel Posts 70 Percent Gain in Profits
2008-05-09 23:43:00 Clear Channel posted a whopping 70 percent gain for its first quarter led by the sale of its South African outdoor advertising firm. However, the company is still in a rough position, as radio revenues continue to diminish. Clear Channel is also hoping to go private; however, the process has been stalled on litigation.
Clear Channel Banks: Bane Of Bain
2008-04-22 23:17:00 Tom Taylor's Radio Info: Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee had barely finished reading this morning's offer by Citigroup and five other lenders whom they're suing - and Bain/Lee call it "yet another disingenuous attempt by the banks to avoid living up to their commitments." The private equity groups claim that "the banks want to move this case into the back room, because they fear that a public trial will clearly expose their misconduct." Bain/Lee are suing the lending group in both Texas (for tortious interference) and New York (for breach) and there are trial dates set for both cases. Word of the rejection by Bain/Lee started "CCU" stock on a downtrend, following the earlier 5% gains.Sirius/XM's "dirty little secret" gleefully headlined by the NAB in the emailed "Smart Brief" but missing on the NAB website. Radio Ink
By: Chickaboomer
Will Clear Channel issue an apology like Absolut did?
2008-04-08 02:39:00 World Net Daily An e-mail to supporters of Americans for Legal Immigration states: “We just received this photo of a billboard in CA that reads ‘Los Angeles CA’ but the CA is crossed out and replaced by the word ‘Mexico.’ It looks like this billboard is compliments of Clear Channel.” The billboard reportedly sits along the 605 ...
Clear Channel launches Apple compatible broadcasts
2008-04-07 15:34:00 Clear Channel Radio announced today compatibility with Apple which allows listeners to purchase songs heard on HD radio to their iPods. They launch with 340 broadcast stations enabled with the HD Radio iTunes tagging feature. John Hogan, president and CEO of Clear Channel Radio said, ?With the vast majority of our HD primary stations now offering ...
By: HD-Report
Judge To Banks: No Stiffing Clear Channel
2008-03-27 13:37:00 A TEXAS judge ordered banks to fund the proposed $19 billion buyout of CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS by two private-equity firms CLEAR CHANNEL said in a statement on early this morning (3/27), reports MARKETWATCH. District Court Judge JOHN D. GABRIEL of BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS, granted a temporary restraining order against the banks and CLEAR CHANNEL. "He found in favor of CLEAR CHANNEL's claim that irreparable harm would result if the banks were not immediately enjoined from tortiously interfering with the merger agreement," the company said. "Accordingly, Judge GABRIEL ordered that the banks, among other things, must not 'interfere with or thwart consummation of the merger agreement' by refusing to fund the merger transaction, insisting on terms that are inconsistent with the commitment letter, or refusing to act in good faith in the drafting of definitive loan documents," the company added. CLEAR CHANNEL has agreed to be purchased by THOMAS H. LEE PARTNERS and BAIN CAPITAL. But len...
By: Chickaboomer
Clear Channel: Let?s Make Satellite Radio Life Difficult
2008-03-25 17:11:00 The largest radio company in the country has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to force a merged XM-Sirius satellite radio service to abide by the same indecency laws set throughout the terrestrial radio industry. Clear Channel, which was fined in 2004 for airing a raunchy Howard Stern radio program in which the host discussed anal sex, ...
By: RadioMatthew.com
Clear Channel: Let?s Make Satellite Radio Life Difficult
2008-03-25 17:11:00 The largest radio company in the country has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to force a merged XM-Sirius satellite radio service to abide by the same indecency laws set throughout the terrestrial radio industry. Clear Channel, which was fined in 2004 for airing a raunchy Howard Stern radio program in which the host discussed anal sex, ...
By: RadioMatthew.com
Radio & Records News/Talk/Sports Awards
2008-03-16 03:29:00 The envelope please: The poor presenter with paper cuts from opening envelopes must have heard me yell "knife" as the Secret Service agents hauled me away from my lunch companions. The awards were given out today at R&R's Talk Radio Seminar in Washington, DC. News/Talk/Sports Industry Exec of the year: Kraig Kitchin, formerly Premiere Radio Networks, now with "Sound Mind" NTS Radio exec: Gabe Hobbs, Clear Channel News Radio Executive: Harvey Nagler, CBS Radio News VP (photo)NTS program director: Robin Bertolucci, KFI LA NTS syndicated personality: Rush Limbaugh, Premiere NTS general manager: Greg Ashlock, Clear Channel LA NTS local personality: Bill Handel, KFI NTS station of the year, markets 1-25: KFI NTS station of the year markets 26+: Tie - KSL Salt Lake City/WLW Cincinnati Only one awardee - Harvey Nagler - was present to accept his honor in person. I'll get into it tomorrow. Not many losers were in the house, either.Related: 70th anniversary of CBS Radio News "World Ne...
By: Chickaboomer
Xurba - Music From the Clear Channel
2008-02-14 18:10:00 Track: D-Gen-06180339887Extract from IODA:The latest artist to be featured as part of the Kahvi Collective commercial arm is ?Xurba?. An extraordinary artist, previously unreleased who has supplied a 16 track masterpiece for release on iTunes.Xurba brings the fine qualities of Boards of Canada ? the sublime sentimental and off tune melodies; the subtle atmospheric chords that fade into the background; the addictiveness that sends you into that familiar ?Boards of Canada? hypnotic state; combining them with the glitchy yet mellow ways of Arovane and Autechre.Personal opinion:"Quiet" track, if you are into Boards of Canada and/or Autechre you should check this out. Cool sounds and textures....nice!Xurba "D-Gen-06180339887" (mp3) from "Music From the Clear Channel" (Kahvi Records) More On This Album
By: 60 Were Enough
Clear Channel Conspiracy?
2008-02-04 16:25:00 Mike Huckabee claims conservative talk show blowhards aren't favoring him or John McCain because Clear Channel is up Mitt Romney's rear. Romney's investment groups owns a huge chunk of Clear Channel. NewsBusters CC owns Premiere Radio Networks, home of Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck. Sean Hannity is fingered as a major conspirator. He's got a contract with CC through 2010.
By: Chickaboomer
Clear Channel Shares Down As Buyout Fears Intensify >CCU
2008-01-29 01:38:00 Clear Channel Shares Down As Buyout Fears Intensify >CCU Last Update: 1/28/2008 12:54:47 PM By Shira Ovide Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–The apparent demise of Alliance Data Systems Corp.’s (ADS) buyout is sparking renewed fears about the sale of Clear Channel Communications Inc. (CCU), sending that company’s stock as much as 28% below the value of the deal. Shares ...
By: cash For Debt
Clear Channel Shuffle
2008-01-24 21:23:00 For all you of the Right Wing Conspiracy crowd. [We’re so devious aren’t we?] Looks like Clear Channel is having some corporate asset reshuffling pending approval from the FCC. Provided for anybody that has the interest. Linky.
By: Third Pipe
Media Matters
2008-01-03 16:10:00 Clear Channel Tee Vee prez & ceo Don Perry bails (or is pushed) from his gig after two years to "pursue the next phase of his broadcast career." Fox BusinessRadio Daily News names no one as 2007 radio person of the year. But 2008's winners, the envelope please, are: The fired and laid-off employees of Clear Channel, CBS Radio, Citadel, Emmis, Cumulus and other large, medium and small market radio stations who have devoted their immense talents to broadcasting.""The recipients of this year's award are not victims, although many have suffered from poor management and programming decisions in an industry that, as a whole, but not necessarily individually, has lost its way in the dizzying maze of technological advances in audio, video and the Internet that have occurred during the past five or more years...The streets of the broadcasting industry are paved with stories of individual and collective failures that have led to great successes. It is the hope of RDN that those who hav...
By: Chickaboomer
Chevelle - Clear Channel Video 6 Pack!
2007-11-27 05:43:00 Chevelle shares their favorite music videos with you on Clearchannelmusic.com!*§ource:- Epic Records*
Jon McLaughlin Featured In Clear Channel NEW!
2007-11-08 06:25:00 The November round of Clear Channel NEW! is now live and Jon McLaughlin is featured as an Artist To Watch!Click here to check out the promotion!*§ource: Island Records*
Eagles - Clear Channel Sneak Peak
2007-10-25 06:51:00 Eagles' Long Road Out Of Eden SNEAK PEEK is now live across 620 Clear Channel stations! Check your local radio station websites or click here to check it out.*§ource: Eagles' myspace*
Clear Channel Must Face The Music As Judge Certifies Class Action For Conce
2007-10-24 20:39:00 Yesterday, a United States District Court judge gave the green light to a class-action lawsuit claiming Clear Channel Communications Inc. -- the nation's largest media and entertainment company -- used its market dominance to illegally inflate ticket prices to live rock concerts across the country.The opinion issued by Judge Stephen V. Wilson grants class-action status to five lawsuits on behalf of concert-goers in regions across the United States which are being lead by the Seattle-based law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro (HBSS). The suits claim that Clear Channel used its market dominance in anticompetitive activities that unfairly increased ticket prices for consumers and coerced artists to use Clear Channel for concert promotion."Clear Channel is a multi-billion dollar international media conglomerate and we intend to argue that it is leveraging its size and industry clout to exploit consumers and artists by eliminating the choices available to them and keeping ticket prices ...
Clear Channel Tells ReidCo To Shut Up and Sit Down
2007-10-03 08:00:00 HT to The PoliticoThe pdf letter is here:Freedom of Speech only applies to the Leftinistra."While I certainly do not agree with all views that are voiced on our stations, I will not condemn our talent for exercising their right to voice them," Mays wrote.ReidCo was given this letter via hand-delivery after ReidCo demanded that Rush be "censored". What a moron ReidCo and ITS genre of pathetic worms are."Reid" the rest of the letter. It is 2 pages long. For you anti-Americanist Moonbats, that is one more than one and one less than three. I think you can handle that.Basically, Clear Channel, in poli-speak, told ReidCo to STFU and STFD and to pound sand because how dare ReidCo deny someone's Free Speech Rights because they don't agree with what was said.Hell, ALL of the White Flaggers have denegrated the combat troops in one form or another and have hailed the phony soldiers as heroes. One of them is in jail at this moment.Retarded morons. I agree with Rush. Reid should resign....
Clear Channel CEO responds to Reid, Supports Limbaugh
2007-10-03 04:47:00 Clear Channel CEO Mark P. Mays responded to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in a letter hand-delivered to his office this evening. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LETTER Do you think the Dems know Limbaugh didn’t really say that? Or do you think they really believe he did? Anyone who actually listens to the tape and/or reads ...
By: The Hot Joints
Vote on Buyout Set at Clear Channel-Wistuo Finance Information [Digg]
2007-09-28 10:34:00 More than 10 months after the deal was first announced, Clear Channel Communications Inc. shareholders will get the chance to vote on a proposed $19.5 billion buyout of the radio giant.The offer from a private equity group led by Thomas H. Lee Partners LP and Bain Capital Partners LLC was first announced in November but was sweetened...
Melissa Etheridge: Clear Channel Stripped Is Now Live!
2007-09-27 06:40:00 Melissa Etheridge's Stripped is now live across more than 150 Clear Channel stations!Click here to check out the exclusive in studio performance with Melissa!*§ource: Island Records*
Vote on Buyout Set at Clear Channel-Wistuo
2007-09-25 08:43:00 By Elizabeth White, AP Business Writer Clear Channel Shareholders to Vote on $19.5 Billion Buyout SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- More than 10 months after the deal was first announced, Clear Channel... Wistuo
Clear Channel asking artists to waive royalties again?
2007-09-04 19:16:00 The newish blog TalentFilter is reporting that Clear Channel is once again after artists' royalties. This time it's in connection with a contest that L.A. station KYSR (Star 98.7) is sponsoring for bands. The contest promises the winner a spot on the station's Star Lounge CD, a Star Lounge Concert at the Guitar Center Studio, and $10,000.It's only in the legalese of the contest rules that the real "prize" is revealed -- it appears artists must waive their royalties to participate and allow Clear Channel to use their music in nearly any form. Here's an excerpt of the language:...BY SUBMITTING THE SONG, YOU HEREBY GRANT TO THE COMPANY A PERPETUAL, WORLDWIDE, NON-EXCLUSIVE, ROYALTY-FREE, SUB-LICENSABLE (THROUGH MULTIPLE TIERS) RIGHT AND LICENSE TO USE, PUBLISH, REPRODUCE, DISPLAY, PERFORM, ADAPT, MODIFY, DISTRIBUTE, HAVE DISTRIBUTED AND PROMOTE SUCH CONTENT IN ANY FORM (INCLUDING ANY TITLE OF THE VIDEO AND YOUR NAME AND LIKENESS), IN ALL MEDIA NOW KNOWN OR HEREINAFTER CREATED, ANY...
Britney Spears Is Upset Over Clear Channel Britney Spears Billboard Ads
2007-06-19 17:21:00 Britney Spears is extremely upset over a series of ads for a Florida radio show, featuring her bald-headed pics with the headlines: Certifiable, Shock Therapy, and Total Nut Jobs.Brit's lawyer Lynda Goldman claims it's "outrageous in the extreme" that the company didn't take the billboards down nearly two weeks ago -- when she says they promised they would. Goldman added that Spears' "likeness has a multi-million-dollar value for authorized commercial exploitations" and she would be entitled to "very substantial damages" as a result. Team Spears is now demanding photo proof that the billboards are removed -- and threatening that if Clear Channel continues to ignore their demands or provide misleading or inaccurate information about the billboard's removal, it does so "at its peril."I'm with Britney on this one. Not only is Florida's 93.3 using Britney's image with defamatory headlines simply for exposure and their own commercial gain, but Britney's breakdown is an old, inse...
By: Pop On The Pop
Britney Threatens To Sue Clear Channel Over Crazy Bald Billboard
2007-06-19 07:26:00 Britney Spears is concerned with the image of her that Clear Channel is portraying in their billboards for the MJ Morning show in Florida. Britney's lawyers have sent a letter to Clear Channel, demanding that the series of billboards with the images of Britney going crazy before rehab, be removed. Britney's lawyers state that her "likeness has a multi-million-dollar value for authorized commercial exploitations" and, as a result, she is entitled to "very substantial damages."She doesn't like the fact that they use her image next to the words: Certifiable, Shock Therapy, and Total Nut Jobs.I think I'd be more worried about flashing my crotch all around town than what some radio station said about me. I live in Tampa and I find the billboards funny. I don't think Brit Brit is worth a million for an ad anymore, do you?Source: Dlisted
By: Jen's Juice
New Launch: Free Mobile Phone Service from Clear Channel Radio
2007-05-22 14:39:00 There is a new free mobile phone service for those in live in New York, Clear Channel Radio have just launched a brand new mobile phone service which is a free text based phone service that will allow all radio listeners to send text messages to the companies radio stations. This new texting service will ...
By: Phones Review
Clear Channel to sell its 56 TV stations
2007-04-20 18:20:00 SAN ANTONIO, April 20: Clear Channel Communications Inc., the largest U.S. radio-station operator, said Friday it would sell its TV group to a private-equity firm for $1.2 billion.
By: newkerala.com
Google Audio Ads: reclame op de radiozenders van Clear Channel
2007-04-17 13:59:00 Gisteren werd bekend gemaakt dat Google een meerjaren deal heeft gesloten met Clear Channel Radio. Binnenkort wordt het voor adverteerders mogelijk om via Google Audio Ads reclamezendtijd in te kopen op ongeveer 675 radiostations van het Amerikaanse radioconcern. dMarc Broadcasting Vorig jaar liet Google al weten haar advertentie netwerk uit te willen breiden via radio. De eerste ...
By: Blogoogle
Google + DoubleClick + Clear Channel = Advertising OS
2007-04-16 07:32:00 At first blush, Google's acquisition of DoubleClick seems to be the perfect match. Each company's client base and products (see chart below) seem mutually exclusive, and together seem to control the whole online advertising pie. What warrants the nose-bleed price of the acquisition? Many reports suggest the deal's motivation as defensive - Google gets the display ad leader that Microsoft wanted and Double Click is a bonafide competitor to Yahoo's new search advertising system Panama. To further justify the high price, Google will need to pull DoubleClick's Web 1.0 ad delivery model into the more efficient ad auctioning model characteristic of today's Google. Google's ad systems' ease of use created mass product acceptance, and it could do the same for all facets of ad delivery... call it Google's Ad OS (thx to GigaOM ) Double Click Google Client base Fat Head clients - Ad agencies, top 1,000 web publishers, mass media Long Tail clients - do-...
Listen to Bucky Covington's CD -Clear Channel Sneak Peek
2007-04-10 13:17:00 Thanks to Winnie for the good morning comment on this one! You can now listen to each and every song on Bucky Covington on your local Clear Channel Country Radio Station.I will give no review as yet, because it is such a joy to hear all the songs for the first time. I will say it is worth the wait.If you do not have a local Clear Channel station you can listen to my local one, WNUS 107. So turn up those speakers, plug in those headphones and enjoy. I will see you later in the day-after I have listened 400 more times or so:)A Fan Blog supporting Country Music Star Bucky Covington.
By: Team Covington
Clear Channel blocks anti-gay billboard
2007-02-14 14:30:02 A plan by the conservative Christian organization Focus on the Family to rent a billboard in Phoenix was rejected by Clear Channel Outdoor. The proposed billboard was to read “I questioned homosexuality: Change is Possible, Discover How.” No matter how you feel on this topic you have to realize that science says a person’s sexual orientation is not a choice. From the American Psychological Association: Is Sexual Orientation a Choice? No, human beings can not choose to be either gay or straight. Sexual orientation emerges for most people in early adolescence without any prior sexual experience. Although we can choose whether to act on our feelings, psychologists do not consider sexual orientation to be a conscious choice that can be voluntarily changed. Can Therapy Change Sexual Orientation? No. Even though most homosexuals live successful, happy lives, some homosexual or bisexual people may seek to change their sexual orientation through therapy, sometimes pres...
Sports on Clear Channel FM
2007-01-10 01:36:00 Someday, a local Clear Channel-owned radio station may be converted to a sports talk format. For the time being, we'll have to settle for one sports game broadcast.With every Clear Channel local AM outlet compelled to air local teams this Saturday night, the simultaneously running NFL playoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and New Orleans Saints has been slotted for FM station WBIG/100.3 (a.k.a. Big 100.3), according to WTEM's updated schedule listing.The other three NFL playoff games including the Baltimore Ravens home game against the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday afternoon will air as expected on WTEM/980.Relevant link: WTEM/980.
By: DCABloob
Clear Channel tells Dirty Harry to take a hike
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Clear Channel CEO Mark P. Mays has responded to Dirty Harry Reid.   Mays' letter (PDF).  Carrie Budoff Brown Crypt, has details: "While I certainly do not agree with all views that are voiced on our stations, I will not condemn our talent for exercising their right to voice them," Mays wrote. He ...
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