iHeartMedia

 

 

NEW YORK, NY – September 27, 2012 - Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, which has the largest reach of any radio or television outlet in America, and Glassnote Entertainment Group, a full service independent music company, today announced they have reached an agreement that will align the companies’ business interests, accelerate growth and innovation in digital radio and enable Glassnote and its artists to share in all Clear Channel radio revenue streams.

This market-based partnership, the second of Clear Channel’s groundbreaking agreements with music companies, will help establish a business model that supports the development of a vibrant and sustainable digital music industry to the benefit of all constituencies –artists, music companies, radio and consumers.  Glassnote will directly participate in both Clear Channel’s terrestrial broadcast radio and digital revenues to the benefit of its artists. Artists on Glassnote who will benefit from this agreement include Mumford & Sons, Phoenix, Two Door Cinema Club, GIVERS, Childish Gambino, Oberhofer, The Temper Trap, Daughter, Robert DeLong, Little Green Cars and Flight Facilities.  Clear Channel announced its first such agreement, with Big Machine Label Group, in June 2012.

Founded in 2007 by music industry veteran Daniel Glass, Glassnote is an independent record and publishing company featuring indie and alternative rock artists, including Grammy Award winning Phoenix and Grammy-nominated Mumford & Sons.

 

In 2011, Mumford & Sons’ Sigh No More became Glassnote’s highest charting album, peaking at No. 2 and according to billboard.biz the new album Babel is projected to be the biggest first week sales of 2012 and is on track to be No. 1 on the Billboard Album Charts. Phoenix’s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix was awarded the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.

“We built Glassnote to be a next-generation music company that embraces change, including evolving technologies,” said Glassnote Founder and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Glass.  “One of our passions is aggressively finding new and innovative ways to make our artists’ music and information more available than ever to their fans. It is no secret of our respect and love for radio. This partnership aligns our business interests more closely with Clear Channel, and we’re excited about being part of the drive to grow digital radio faster and bring all of its benefits to music fans.”

Bob Pittman, Chief Executive Officer of Clear Channel, said, “Daniel Glass is a savvy music business veteran who’s been leading his spirited independent record label to success after success.   So it’s no surprise to us that Glassnote quickly saw this was a great opportunity to help move the digital radio industry towards a more sustainable future.  Not only will this agreement expand his label and artists’ participation in all of Clear Channel’s radio revenues; it also creates a vibrant new digital radio business model that we believe will provide more money for the artists and the labels and more digital choices for the consumer.”

About Glassnote Entertainment Group 

Daniel Glass is Founder/President of Glassnote Entertainment Group, a full service independent music company including a burgeoning music publishing arm, Four Song Night, which began in 2007. Glassnote is the proud home to Grammy Award winning Phoenix, Grammy nominated and double platinum selling Mumford & Sons, The Temper Trap, Two Door Cinema Club, GIVERS, Childish Gambino, Oberhofer, Daughter, Robert DeLong, Little Green Cars and Flight Facilities. Daniel Glass started the company as a place to develop Artists' careers. With its communal spirit, exquisite mix of Artists and musically driven management team, Glass is proud that the company's commitment to true Artist development is proving successful.  In 2011, Rolling Stone magazine named Glassnote “Best Indie Label.” Glassnote artists have been nominated for numerous awards including GRAMMYs, MTV VMAs, The BET Awards, The mtvU Woodies, The Americana Music Awards, A2IM Awards, and the American Music Awards.    www.glassnotemusic.com

 

# # #

 

Contacts:

Glassnote Records:

Alexandra Dunne

646-214-6000

Clear Channel:

Wendy Goldberg

212-549-0965

 

Las Vegas, NV – September 20, 2012 – Clear Channel today announced that music lovers nationwide sent a record-setting number of text messages – nearly 50 million – in a contest to win a free trip including tickets to both nights of the biggest live concert festival in radio history, the iHeartRadio Music Festival 2012.  The event, which is taking place September 21 and 22 in Las Vegas, represents one of the hottest tickets in music history.

 

The national contest ran from July 9 through September 16 and was promoted on nearly 700 Clear Channel radio stations in 45 states.  Giveaways for the Festival took place 10 times per day on weekdays and five times per day on weekends. More than 600 people won tickets for themselves and a guest to attend both nights of the Festival.  Other prizes include exclusive, once-in-a-lifetime opportunities and artist packages including a Blackjack game with Jason Aldean,  autographed guitar and private meet and greet with Aerosmith, turntable and DJ lesson prize package with Linkin Park’s DJ, Green Day custom made gear prize package and other private meet and greets with artists including P!nk and Usher.

 

Festival attendees will experience an extraordinary two-day lineup of musical superstars, including Taylor Swift, Aerosmith, Rihanna, Usher, Bon Jovi, Lil Wayne, Green Day, Swedish House Mafia, No Doubt, Brad Paisley, Pitbull, deadmau5, Miranda Lambert, Enrique Iglesias, Linkin Park, Jason Aldean, P!nk, Mary J. Blige and Calvin Harris, among others.

 

“We are thrilled by the enthusiastic response from millions of music lovers to this contest,” said Tom Poleman, President of Clear Channel National Programming and Executive Producer of the Festival. “We're maximizing all our platforms — broadcast, digital and mobile — to fully engage music fans in all the excitement surrounding this year's Festival, and it's clearly working; radio listeners across the country sent almost 50 million text messages to enter to win tickets to the iHeartRadio Music Festival, recognizing the one of a kind lineup of superstars from all genres of music.  The Festival has become the Super Bowl of music - the one event of the year everyone wants to go to.”

 

The contest was one of many opportunities including on-air, online and through social media to win tickets to the iHeartRadio Music Festival.

 

Last year’s iHeartRadio Music Festival marked the official launch of the New iHeartRadio, Clear Channel’s free, industry-leading digital music service. This year, the Festival will celebrate how widely and rapidly it’s been embraced by listeners.  iHeartRadio delivers everything listeners want in one free, fully-integrated service: instant access to more than 1,500 of the nation’s most popular live broadcast and digital-only radio stations from 150 cities, plus user-created custom stations inspired by favorite artists and songs.

 

For music fans across the country that cannot be in Las Vegas for the iHeartRadio Music Festival 2012, they will still have the opportunity to experience the event through a video stream live on Yahoo! Music, the exclusive web and mobile destination and in HD on Xbox Live, the exclusive gaming console.  For more details about the iHeartRadio Music Festival 2012 visit iHeartRadio.com/vegas.  Artists and/or event are subject to change or cancellation without notice.

New York – Sept. 12, 2012 – Clear Channel Media and Entertainment (CCM+E), the leading media company in America with a greater reach in the U.S. than any other radio or television outlet, today announced Julie Talbott will become the President of Content and Affiliate Services for the company's National Media Groups, effective immediately. Talbott previously served as President of Content and Affiliate Relations for Premiere Networks.

 

The National Media Groups division, led by Kevin Dorsey, President of National Media Groups and reporting into John Hogan, Chairman and CEO of CCM+E, oversees the operations of Clear Channel’s subsidiaries, including Premiere Networks, Katz Media Group and Total Traffic Network.  While continuing to manage business relationships with Premiere Networks talent, Talbott's new role will include leading and maintaining key affiliate relationships to sell and service Premiere Networks, Total Traffic Network and iHeartRadio, Clear Channel’s industry-leading digital radio platform.  The new position will provide the company’s affiliates with a simplified and streamlined point of contact for communicating and conducting business across Clear Channel’s diverse group of subsidiaries.

 

“Given Julie’s many years of experience, incredible relationships with broadcasters, and her knowledge and understanding of how to best serve our broadcasting clients, she is perfectly positioned to take on this critical new role,” said John Hogan, Chairman and CEO of Clear Channel Media and Entertainment.  “Having Julie in this expanded role is great news for us and even better news for all of our affiliates.”

 

“It’s an exciting time at Clear Channel Media and Entertainment and I’m thrilled to take on this new role,” stated Talbott.  “I enjoy working with our clients and partners, and this alignment of our affiliate efforts will allow us to better serve and communicate with stations throughout the U.S.  I’m looking forward to working with the amazing teams across the company as we continue to demonstrate the unique relationship CCM+E has with our audience.”

 

Talbott has more than 30 years’ experience in media planning, media buying, radio broadcast advertising, integrated marketing solutions and affiliate relations.  As the COO of MJI Broadcasting, Talbott led the effort to secure the exclusive radio rights for the Country Music Awards and the CMA Music Festival for the company.  In 1999, Premiere Networks acquired MJI Broadcasting, and Talbott was ultimately charged with overseeing Premiere's 90 radio programs and services, more than 5,000 radio affiliations and an audience of more than 190 million listeners weekly.

 

Talbott will report directly to Kevin Dorsey and will work in collaboration with Jeff Howard, President of Clear Channel Radio Sales and Premiere Network Sales; Tom Poleman, President of National Programming Platforms; and Mark Gray, President of Katz Radio Group.

BURBANK, Calif.-The CW announced today that it will kick off its Fall 2012 season with an exclusive broadcast of Clear Channel’s massive iHeartRadio Music Festival, Monday, Oct. 1, 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET. The two-day concert event will take place Sept. 21-22 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV.

Artists scheduled to perform at this year’s iHeartRadio Music Festival include Usher, Bon Jovi, Taylor Swift, Swedish House Mafia, P!nk, Aerosmith, Rihanna, No Doubt, Lil Wayne, Miranda Lambert, Shakira, Brad Paisley, Enrique Iglesias, Green Day, Jason Aldean, Mary J. Blige, Linkin Park, deadmau5, Calvin Harris and Pitbull with more to be announced in the weeks prior to the event. The performances to be featured on The CW’s Oct. 1 special will be determined and announced following the two-day concert event.

“The inaugural iHeartRadio Music Festival was an amazing experience for our listeners and music fans across America, and this year’s lineup is again going to exceed all expectations. With CW as the Festival’s TV broadcast partner, we can give people who can’t be in Las Vegas the ability to watch this extraordinary event from their own living rooms,” said John Sykes, President of Clear Channel Entertainment Enterprises. “This exclusive broadcast event emphasizes our commitment to bringing great music and content to our audience anywhere they want it.”

“The CW is thrilled to partner with Clear Channel to bring our viewers the exclusive TV broadcast of 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival,” said Mark Pedowitz, President, The CW. “What better way to kick off our new fall season than with many of the music industry’s biggest acts on The CW.”

The following night, Tuesday, Oct. 2, The CW’s fall premiere week begins, with the season premiere of HART OF DIXIE, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET.

Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=50344961&lang=en

Contacts

The CW

Paul Hewitt, 818-977-6171

or

Alana Russo, 818-977-5993

 

NEW YORK – August 10, 2012 – Z100, New York’s Hit Music Station, today announced that Bethany Watson will join the “Elvis Duran and The Morning Show” as its new cohost weekday mornings from 6 – 10 a.m.  Beginning Monday, August 13, listeners can tune in to hear Watson make her debut alongside Elvis Duran, star of the wildly successful “Elvis Duran and The Morning Show,” on New York’s Z100 and more than 40 other radio stations across the country.

 

“Elvis Duran and The Morning Show” is the most listened-to Top 40 morning show in the U.S. and is syndicated nationally by Premiere Networks.  Broadcasting live from New York's Z100, Watson will join Duran and his on-air crew, while they entertain listeners with up-to-the-minute entertainment and pop culture news, celebrity guests, hit songs, and regular features such as “The Sleaze” gossip segment and the ever-popular prank “Phone Taps.”

 

Watson was born in Wisconsin and began her entertainment career at the University of Minnesota, where she studied theater and improvisational comedy.  After finding herself at a desk job post-graduation, she decided to reach out to her favorite local radio show, “The Dave Ryan in the Morning Show” on 101.3 KDWB in Minneapolis, to apply for a vacant co-host position.  Watson landed the job and co-hosted alongside Dave Ryan for more than four years.

 

“After an exhausting worldwide search, we found her!  Bethany brings lots of baggage, but the kind of baggage that makes for a fun, playful and thoughtful co-host,” said Duran.  “We can't wait to introduce her to our listeners Monday morning.”

 

“Bethany has great chemistry with Elvis and the entire Morning Show, which will definitely entertain and engage listeners every morning,” said Sharon Dastur, Program Director, Z100.  “After meeting her for the first time, we could tell within the first five minutes that she'd be a perfect fit for the show.  We are thrilled to have Bethany join the team.”

 

Listeners can tune in to Z100 Monday morning beginning at 6 a.m. to catch Watson’s “Elvis Duran and The Morning Show” debut.  Fans can also listen on the station’s website www.z100.com, as well as on iHeartRadio.com and the iHeartRadio mobile app, Clear Channel’s best-in-class customizable digital listening service that delivers everything listeners want in one free, fully-integrated service: instant access to more than 1,000 of the nation’s most popular live broadcast and digital-only radio stations from 150 cities, plus user-created Custom Stations inspired by favorite artists and songs.

 

Clear Channel New York owns and operates WAXQ-FM; WHTZ-FM; WKTU-FM; WLTW-FM; WWPR-FM and is part of Clear Channel Media and Entertainment. With 237 million monthly listeners in the U.S., Clear Channel Media and Entertainment has the largest reach of any radio or television outlet in America. Clear Channel Media and Entertainment serves 150 cities through 850 owned radio stations. The company’s radio stations and content can be heard on AM/FM stations, HD digital radio channels, Sirius/XM satellite, on the Internet at iHeartRadio.com and on the company’s radio station websites, on the iHeartRadio mobile application on iPads and smartphones, and used via navigation systems from TomTom, Garmin and others. The company’s operations include radio broadcasting, online and mobile services and products, live concerts and events, syndication, music research services and independent media representation. Clear Channel Media and Entertainment is a division of CC Media Holdings, Inc. (CCMO), a leading global media and entertainment company. More information on the company can be found at clearchannel.com, clearchanneloutdoor.com and ccmediaholdings.com.

New York, NY – August 9, 2012 – Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, the leading media company in America with a greater reach than any other radio or television outlet, today announced that its National Programming Platforms has named Tim “Romeo” Herbster, Vice President of Special Programming Projects.  Herbster, known widely as “Romeo,” is the host of the nationally syndicated show “Saturday Night Online” and will continue to host the show in conjunction with his new position. 

As Vice President of Special Programming Projects, Herbster will manage large-scale national projects, working closely with Darren Davis, Executive Vice President of National Programming Platforms, on advertiser integration programs.  He will also develop on-air and digital music programming and content. Herbster will relocate to New York City from Philadelphia, where he most recently served as Program Director for WIOQ (Q102) and Online Program Director for the Clear Channel Media and Entertainment cluster in Philadelphia.

“It’s an incredibly exciting time at Clear Channel Media and Entertainment and to program at the national level, working side-by-side with Tom Poleman and Darren Davis, is a dream come true,” said Herbster.  “I’m looking forward to developing top-tier on-air and digital content and executing unique national advertising programs and live events.  I’m also excited to continue my weekly syndicated show ‘Saturday Night Online’ at its new home in New York from the world famous Z100 studios.”

“Tim's background and skill set perfectly align with Clear Channel's position as a fully integrated media company.  His experience programming some of the country's most successful radio stations, background in digital radio and keen sense for creating advertiser-focused solutions make him a perfect fit for this role,” said Tom Poleman, President of National Programming Platforms. “Bringing him onto the National Programming Platforms team makes perfect sense and is yet another great differentiator for Clear Channel Media and Entertainment.”

New York, NY – August 6, 2012 – Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, the leading media company in America, today announced that 17 Federated Media radio stations are now available on iHeartRadio, Clear Channel’s industry-leading digital radio platform.  iHeartRadio continues to offer listeners more programming choices with the addition of  Federated Media which services the Northern Indiana Fort Wayne, South Bend, Elkhart-Goshen and Warsaw markets.

 

Federated Media radio stations feature a variety of programming including Rock, Talk, Country and Hot Adult Contemporary (AC).  Under the agreement, Federated Media’s radio stations, including legendary News/Talk station WOWO-FM/AM in Fort Wayne; the No. 1 country station in South Bend B100 WBYT and Fort Wayne’s K105 WQHK, are now available on the iHeartRadio platform wherever it is offered including web, mobile devices and automobiles.  In addition, Federated Media will support and promote iHeartRadio on its stations and websites. iHeartRadio is Clear Channel’s best-in-class customizable digital listening service, that delivers everything listeners want in one free, fully-integrated service: instant access to more than 1,000 of the nation’s most popular live broadcast and digital-only radio stations from more than 150 cities, plus user-created Custom Stations inspired by favorite artists and songs. 

“We’re very excited to partner with iHeartRadio,” said James Derby, Chief Strategy Officer for Federated Media.  “We want to offer our customers and clients both terrestrial and digital listening experiences.  It’s important that we partner with those that are open to shared content and opportunities.  iHeartRadio is very popular in our local markets and we’re happy to now be a part of it.”

iHeartRadio is the No. 1 free broadcast app on the iPhone, iPad and Android and is consistently in the top 10 downloads of free music apps.  It continues to be one of the most popular digital music destinations with 100 million listening hours a month and more than 80 million downloads of the mobile apps.   

For Federated Media:

James Derby

(888) 333-6133

“The Road to Las Vegas” event will ultimately send 12 fans and their guests to the iHeartRadio Music Festival 2012 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sept. 21 and 22. In addition, one lucky participant will win a special “iHeart Dodge Dart” customized by international recording artist Pitbull.

There will be 11 major market events across the country leading up to the festival, which will bring together music, on-air Clear Channel radio personalities and test-drives of the all-new 2013 Dodge Dart, the brand’s groundbreaking new compact car. Each test-drive participant will automatically be entered into the sweepstakes to win one of 12 VIP experience packages to the iHeartRadio Music Festival 2012, including two tickets to the Festival, a backstage meet-and-greet with Pitbull and a chance to win his one-of-a-kind customized Dodge Dart.

Consumers taking Dodge Dart test-drives at Dodge dealerships across America also will be entered into the sweepstakes.

“The all-new Dodge Dart is a groundbreaking vehicle delivering features and benefits never before offered in a compact car,” said Reid Bigland, President and CEO – Dodge Brand. “This promotion featuring test-drive events in 11 cities across the United States and an ‘iHeart Dodge Dart’ customized by Pitbull will allow consumers to personally experience the class-leading driving dynamics, style, roominess, and technology of the all-new Dart.”

“Our goal in working with Dodge on this unique campaign is to help make the 2013 Dodge Dart the automotive conversation of the summer,” said Tim Castelli, President of Sales, Marketing and Partnerships for Clear Channel Media and Entertainment. “This campaign showcases Clear Channel’s strengths: our ability to execute creative, integrated and multiplatform campaigns that connect major brands with consumers and today’s top artists.”

Throughout the tour, Dodge “road-tripper” street-team bloggers and Clear Channel radio station on-air personalities will direct listeners to additional events taking place across the country – with each test-drive providing a chance to win a VIP trip to the iHeartRadio Music Festival.

The Dodge brand will promote the summer music events online through iHeartRadio, a free, all-in-one digital service that lets listeners find more than 1,000 live stations or create their own commercial-free custom stations inspired by favorite artists and songs. The summer tour also will be promoted across Clear Channel Hot Adult Contemporary (AC), Rhythmic AC, Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR), Rhythmic CHR, Urban stations and Spanish Contemporary stations in the top 50 markets through on-air spots and radio personality interaction and engagement with listeners across the country.

The first event began in Dallas on July 29. Additional stops take place in Phoenix (Aug. 4-5), Los Angeles (Aug. 10-12), San Antonio (Aug. 18), Orlando, Fla. (Aug. 25), Atlanta (Aug. 31), Baltimore (Sept. 7), Brooklyn, N.Y. (Sept. 8) and Denver (Sept. 16). Dates will be announced soon for additional tour stops in Detroit and Chicago.

For more details on “The Road to Las Vegas” summer tour and sweepstakes, and to follow the adventures of the Dodge bloggers as they journey across America, fans can visit the Dodge brand Facebook page, www.facebook.com/Dodge.

The all-new 2013 Dodge Dart leverages the world-class architecture and DNA of Alfa Romeo and then infuses it with Dodge passion and design, creating an agile, fun-to-drive compact car with mid-size levels of interior roominess and unmatched style, technology, safety and customization. The Dodge Dart brings features and content never before seen in the compact car segment. With a U.S. manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of just $15,995 (excluding destination), the new Dodge Dart is a thoroughly modern vehicle that’s beautifully designed and crafted with high-quality materials, attention to detail and precision craftsmanship.

With an available fun-to-drive 1.4-liter MultiAir Turbo engine offering up to 41 mpg highway, great ride and handling characteristics compliments of the Alfa Romeo-based chassis, innovative interior style featuring high-quality materials, splashes of color—like Ruby Red and Citrus Peel --and cool technology not found in the segment, like the available class-exclusive 8.4-inch Uconnect Touch Screen and 7-inch thin film transistor (TFT) customizable gauge cluster, as well as class-leading safety features, such as 10 standard air bags, and innovative style including available class-exclusive LED “racetrack” taillamps and integrated dual exhaust, the 2013 Dodge Dart sets a new standard in the compact car segment.

Learn more about the all-new Dart at www.Dodge.com or www.facebook.com/Dodge.

Contact:

Eileen  Wunderlich

Chrysler Group LLC

(248) 512-0332 (office)

(248) 705-7962 (cell)

 

NEW YORK – July 31, 2012 – Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, the leading media company in America with a greater reach in the U.S. than any other radio or television outlet, today announced an agreement with nationally syndicated radio personality Elvis Duran to renew and extend his relationship with the company, continuing as the star of the wildly successful “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show” on New York’s Z100 and more than 40 other radio stations across the country.

Under a new long-term agreement, Duran will continue his current role as host of the most-listened-to Top 40 morning show in the U.S., which is syndicated nationally by Premiere Networks, and expand his role with Clear Channel Media and Entertainment.  Duran will work with Clear Channel on a variety of future endeavors including talent and programming development, events as well as serving as a spokesperson for the company.

“We are thrilled to extend and expand our partnership with Elvis.  He is a true creative genius with an unparalleled ability to connect with and entertain listeners across the country,” said John Hogan, Chairman and CEO of Channel Media and Entertainment.  “His intelligence, warmth, enthusiasm and wit really resonate with listeners and works incredibly well with our marketing partners.  He is a remarkable talent and an incredible partner for Clear Channel. ”

"It’s exciting to be part of the new vision at Clear Channel Media and Entertainment,” said Duran.  “Fueled by the energy, focus and confidence of Bob Pittman, John Hogan and the CCM+E team in NYC and around the country, Clear Channel is making great strides in this industry.  After 23 years at Z100, the best is yet to come."

Duran’s radio career has spanned 30 years.  In 1996, he began hosting the “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show” on New York’s Z100 where its overwhelming success with listeners paved the way for a national syndication deal in 2009.  Today, the show is being broadcasted across more than 40 radio stations, XM Satellite Radio, iHeartRadio.com and its mobile app.

The radio industry has honored Duran and his program with several awards and nominations including “Best Morning Show” by New York’s Achievement in Radio Awards, “Personality of the Year” by the Radio Music Awards, “Best Personality” by Radio & Records, “Best Top 40 Disc Jockey” nomination by Billboard Magazine Radio and “Best Major Market Top 40 Air Personality” by Billboard/Airplay Monitor.  The National Association of Broadcasters recently nominated Elvis Duran for the 2012 NAB Marconi Award for “Network/Syndicated Personality of the Year.”