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Los Angeles, CA – July 12, 2021 – iHeartMedia announced today that Alexis Ginas has been named President of the iHeartMedia Los Angeles Region, effective immediately and will report to Kevin LeGrett, Division President of the Markets Group and newly appointed President of iHeartMedia Sports. 

iHeartMedia Los Angeles has the greatest reach of all local media in the Los Angeles market with its broadcast assets alone and is the number one audio company through its major consumer platforms including broadcast, digital, podcast, social, influencers, live events, data and experiential assets.  Its iconic brands, influencers and franchises include KIIS-FM, KOST-FM, ALT 98.7 FM, MY-FM, KFI; Ryan Seacrest, Big Boy, Woody, Ellen K, Bill Handel, Mario Lopez, Valentine, The Cruz Show and others; Wango Tango, Jingle Ball, ALT Summer Camp, and is home to the Dodgers, the Clippers, the Chargers and UCLA. 

“We are excited that Alexis will be leading our largest revenue region,” said LeGrett.  “Her unique skills and broad media and entertainment experience will add a new dimension to our LA offerings for both our consumers and clients.” 

Ginas succeeds LeGrett, who is transitioning from his role as head of the Los Angeles Region, but will continue as Division President for the iHeartMedia Markets Group and adds new responsibilities as the President of iHeartMedia Sports.

“Alexis is a fantastic new leader for our Los Angeles team and our entire company,” said Hartley Adkins, President of the iHeartMedia Markets Group. “The breadth of experience she brings from different sectors will be ideal as iHeartMedia, the multiple platform audio leader, continues to evolve to meet the needs of our listeners, clients and the LA community.”

Ginas is an Emmy Award-winning media and technology executive with over 20 years of experience. She sets the vision for complex, large-scale media businesses and has a track record of creating groundbreaking marketing strategies with a lens towards audience expansion and profitability. She was part of two IPO leadership teams, including The Match Group, and joins iHeartMedia Los Angeles from Madison Valley, a media and technology consulting practice that she founded focused on revenue strategy and operations. Her background also includes serving as Senior Vice President of Cross Platform Solutions at Fox Sports, Vice President and Head of Global Brand Solutions at The Match Group, and Senior Vice President of Global Brand Partnerships at SFX Entertainment. Prior to SFX, she held a variety of senior posts at flagship companies including Viacom, Warner Music and Hearst.  She earned her BA and MBA from Bentley College. 

“I am thrilled to join iHeartMedia’s respected Los Angeles team,” said Ginas. “iHeartMedia Los Angeles is home to some of the most influential brands, talent and events in music, news and entertainment, but what really drives its success are the talented people who work there. I am proud to now be one of them.” 

Los Angeles, CA – July 12, 2021 – iHeartMedia announced today that Kevin LeGrett will take on the role of President of iHeartMedia Sports, effective immediately.

iHeartMedia Sports is the largest sports audio network in the U.S., with products across broadcast, streaming, digital, podcast and experiential. In his new role, LeGrett will work closely with all groups within the company to coordinate its sports assets across all iHeart audio platforms to maximize the impact for its listeners, partners and clients.

The portfolio includes the iHeartSports Network, which provides customized local, regional and national sports content and updates across 500+ stations, reaching more than 75 million people monthly; the Fox Sports Network which features the largest nationally syndicated shows on more than 600 stations with the biggest names in the industry like Dan Patrick and Colin Cowherd; and 80 dedicated sports stations nationwide with 100+ NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and NCAA teams. Additionally, it features the iHeartPodcast Network, the No. 1 podcast publisher globally according to Podtrac, with more than 40 national and 100 local sports podcasts and 14 of the top 30 most listened to sports podcasts -- plus a recently announced exclusive podcast agreement with the NFL.

“We have assembled a one-of-a-kind, cross-platform sports portfolio that is best-in-class. We have scale. We have targetability. We have first party data. We have the best on-air talent in the business, and we have the right leader,” said Greg Ashlock, CEO of the Multi-Platform Group for iHeartMedia. “Kevin’s experience in broadcast, digital, experiential, podcast and sports in both national and local roles have prepared him to excel in this position and build on the momentum and unique scale and assets of iHeart.”

“I am excited to harness the power of iHeartMedia Sports for clients, partners, and our local markets while expanding our offerings and leading position throughout the sports industry, building on our unique position in both audio and sports,” said LeGrett.

Prior to his current role as Division President and President of the L.A. Region for iHeartMedia, LeGrett served as Division President and Executive Vice President of Operations for the iHeartMedia Markets Group overseeing Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Diego, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Washington, D.C., and with responsibility for the political strategy for the company as well. He is a 20+ year media veteran who joined iHeartMedia in 2010.

Also announced today, Alexis Ginas has been named President of the iHeartMedia Los Angeles Region. LeGrett is transitioning his duties as head of the Los Angeles Region to Ginas, but will continue as Division President for the iHeartMedia Markets Group and adds the new responsibilities as the President of iHeartMedia Sports.

New York, NY – March 12, 2021 – iHeartMedia announced today that Nicky Sparrow has been named iHeartMedia’s Senior Vice President of Multicultural Sales for the Markets Group, effective immediately. Sparrow will report to Julie Donohue, President of Multi-Market Partnerships and will be based out of Jacksonville, Florida.

In her new role, Sparrow will be responsible for leading multicultural ad sales revenue for the Markets Group division by leveraging iHeartMedia’s unparalleled assets including radio, digital, podcasting and events. Sparrow will apply her deep knowledge of multicultural audiences and strong relationships with multicultural ad agencies and brands to build, drive, influence and execute strategic multicultural initiatives across the iHeartMedia sales organization.

“As the leader in audio, it’s important to ensure that our markets represent the growing multicultural communities we all live in and that we continue to reach and connect with diverse audiences,” said Donohue. “Nicky continues to demonstrate strong leadership skills and with her expansive experience, expertise in sales and vision for creating an innovative, strategic focus on our multicultural audiences, I am fully confident she is the person to lead our multicultural sales efforts.”

“I’m thrilled for this next step in my career,” said Sparrow. “I’ve been with iHeartMedia for more than 20 years, and I can’t wait to take my experience and strong relationships with partners and advertisers to further deliver and create innovative and effective multicultural opportunities for our consumers that will not only grow our portfolio of assets, but represent and truly connect with our diverse audiences.”

Sparrow is a media veteran with more than 20 years of sales experience, serving in multiple high-level management sales roles across major markets including Jacksonville, New Orleans, Memphis and Tallahassee. She most recently served as the Market President for iHeartMedia Jacksonville where she worked closely with key advertising and marketing partners to create and deliver unique, effective opportunities to reach consumers through iHeartMedia's unmatched assets, including on-air, online, digital assets, personality endorsements and live event integrations. Sparrow began her career at iHeartMedia Mississippi as a sales representative in 1999.

In addition, Sparrow's passion for giving back to her community runs deep. She volunteers as a Presenter at the Media Sales Institute where she speaks and provides mentorship to students at HBCUs discussing how a media sales department works. Sparrow is also a board member for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as well as on the board of First Tee of North Florida.

NEW YORK – December 16, 2020 – iHeartMedia (NASDAQ: IHRT) announced today that Gabe Fleet has been named Executive Vice President of Business Affairs and Chief Music Licensing Counsel, effective January 11, 2021. 

In his new role, Fleet will lead iHeartMedia’s Business Affairs team and focus on strategic deals and relationships with the company’s music and entertainment partners and be responsible for business and legal affairs across the company’s divisions, multiplatform assets and tentpole events. In addition, Fleet will spearhead the company’s music licensing strategy, including maintaining and renewing all music industry licenses for iHeartRadio’s digital services and performance licenses through PRO agencies.

“Gabe’s in-depth knowledge, creativity and extensive deal-making experience across a variety of platforms make him a natural fit to lead iHeartMedia’s Business Affairs team,” said Paul McNicol, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of iHeartMedia, Inc. “Our relationship with the music and entertainment industries is an integral part of our business and having Gabe in this essential position will ensure we continue to create unique partnerships and opportunities that will leverage iHeartMedia’s position as the leading audio company in the U.S.”

“iHeartMedia is uniquely positioned at the forefront of music, podcasting, digital media, live events, television, innovative brand campaigns and so much more,” said Fleet. “I’m excited by the opportunity to apply my dealmaking experience across a wide array of entertainment industry contexts to help create new opportunities that cut across various channels to reach the company’s unparalleled audience.” 

Fleet brings more than a decade of legal and music industry experience to his new role. He joins iHeartMedia from his role as a partner at the Greenberg Traurig law firm, where he focused on music licensing, original content and branded entertainment creation and distribution across multiple platforms, and various intellectual property, technology and regulatory compliance matters. At Greenberg Traurig, Fleet’s responsibilities included negotiating content license agreements and other complex transactions with record companies, music publishers, performing rights organizations and other rightsholders, as well as providing strategic counseling to companies across the music, entertainment and digital media industries. A graduate of the University of Georgia and Vanderbilt University School of Law, he’s also served as an artist manager and professional drummer.

SAN ANTONIO, TX – May 6, 2020 — iHeartMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: IHRT) (“iHeartMedia” or the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has approved the adoption of a short-term stockholder rights plan (the “Rights Plan”) in order to protect the best interests of all iHeartMedia stockholders during the current period of high equity-market volatility and price disruption.

The Board adopted the Rights Plan at this time due to the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on equity market valuations; the complex nature of the Company’s capital structure; to enable all of iHeartMedia’s stockholders to realize the full potential of their investment in the Company in light of the inherent resilience of the Company’s cash flow model and patient capital structure; and to protect the interests of iHeartMedia and its stockholders by deterring any entity, person or group from attempting opportunistically to gain undue influence over or control of iHeartMedia through open market accumulation or other tactics without paying an appropriate control premium. The Rights Plan is designed to ensure the fair treatment of the Company’s stockholders, and to provide the Board and stockholders with the appropriate time to make informed decisions that are in the best interests of iHeartMedia and its stockholders during this period of high market volatility and price disruption. The Rights Plan is not intended to deter iHeartMedia from considering any offers that are fair and otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.

The Rights Plan, which was adopted by the Board, is similar to rights plans adopted by other publicly traded companies and includes a number of recognized stockholder protections that emphasize its limited focus and duration (under one year).

Pursuant to the Rights Plan, the Board has declared a dividend distribution of one right on each outstanding share of iHeartMedia’s Class A common stock, share of Class B common stock and warrant issued in connection with the Company’s plan of reorganization. The record date for such dividend distribution is May 18, 2020.

Under the Rights Plan, subject to certain exceptions, the rights will generally be exercisable only if, in a transaction not approved by the Board, a person or group acquires beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Company’s Class A common stock (or 20% in the case of certain passive investors), including through such person’s ownership of the convertible Class B common stock and/or warrants, as further detailed in the Rights Plan. In that situation, each holder of a right (other than the acquiring person or group) will have the right to purchase, upon payment of the exercise price, a number of shares of iHeartMedia’s Class A common stock, Class B common stock or warrants, as applicable, having a market value of twice such price. In addition, the Rights Plan contains a similar provision if the Company is acquired in a merger or other business combination after an acquiring person acquires beneficial ownership of 10% or more of iHeartMedia’s Class A common stock (or 20% in the case of certain passive investors).

The Rights Plan has a duration of less than one year, expiring on May 5, 2021.  The Rights Plan may also be terminated, or the rights may be redeemed, by action of the Company prior to the scheduled expiration date under certain circumstances, including if the Board determines that market and other conditions warrant, which the Board intends to monitor. The adoption of the rights plan will not be a taxable event and will not have any impact on the Company’s financial reporting.

Additional details about the rights plan will be contained in a Form 8-K to be filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company and its subsidiaries, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements. The words or phrases “guidance,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimates,” “forecast” and similar words or expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and other important factors, some of which are beyond our control and are difficult to predict.  Various risks that could cause future results to differ from those expressed by the forward-looking statements included in this press release include, but are not limited to: impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic; uncertain global economic conditions; increased competition; dependence upon the performance of on-air talent, program hosts and management; fluctuations in operating costs; shifts in population and other demographics; impact of our substantial indebtedness; legislative or regulatory requirements; regulations and concerns regarding privacy and data protection; and the other risks described in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of iHeartMedia’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. Other unknown or unpredictable factors also could have material adverse effects on the Company’s future results, performance or achievements. In light of these risks, uncertainties, assumptions and factors, the forward-looking events discussed in this press release may not occur. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date stated, or if no date is stated, as of the date of this press release. The Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements because of new information, future events or otherwise.

iHeartMedia’s SmartAudio COVID Recovery Program Introduces Three New Products To Help Advertisers Leverage iHeart’s Broadcast Radio Stations and Digital Platforms To Reach Their Consumers in a Post-COVID World 

New York (May 6, 2020) – iHeartMedia, the leading audio company in the U.S. and No. 1 commercial podcast publisher globally, today announced the “SmartAudio COVID Recovery Program,” a suite of three new innovative SmartAudio products that enable businesses to utilize iHeartMedia’s unparalleled data and scale to re-engage with their loyal customers, and find new ones, as the nation’s economy begins to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses will also be able to use the new products to deliver tailored advertising messages based on local market data to ensure businesses are reaching their customers with messaging that fits their circumstances.

“The massive disruption created by the pandemic has caused brand loyalties to shift as consumers adapted to limited supplies and financial constraints – making them rethink what is essential,” Brian Kaminsky, President of Revenue and Data Operations for iHeartMedia. “The SmartAudio data platform uses iHeartMedia’s best-in-class audience data and real-time inputs to give brands the power to reconnect with their loyal customers and find switchers as they enter the market in a post COVID-19 world.”

The SmartAudio COVID Recovery Program is the newest addition to iHeart’s SmartAudio programmatic platform and builds on the company’s ongoing efforts to assist brands and marketers in targeting consumers across its quarter of a billion monthly broadcast listeners.

The new suite of products includes:

SmartAudio COVID Community Recovery Index – Creative optimization for COVID conditions

With different communities recovering at different times and at different paces, it’s important for brands to be able to adjust their messaging based on whether their community is still under a stay-at-home order, beginning to reopen local businesses or have already established their new way of conducting business post COVID-19. 

The SmartAudio COVID Community Recovery Index dynamically optimizes a brand’s creative to deliver the right message at the right time to the right community by using location-based mobility data to gauge the number of people out of home for recreation, shopping or headed to work. In addition, to help reach the right audience, iHeartMedia will be able to leverage SmartAudio’s data-matching capability to identify a business’s most loyal customers and re-engage with them.

The SmartAudio COVID Community Recovery Index utilizes iHeartMedia’s SmartAudio Dynamic Creative Optimization tool and is powered by location-based marketing intelligence company PlaceIQ.

SmartAudio Brand Loyalists – Reconnect with your customers in a post-COVID-19 world

As many U.S. residents have adapted to limited supplies and choices, they’ve been forced to rethink what products are essential to their way of life and may begin cutting back and adjusting their preferences even after the nation begins to return to normal.

The SmartAudio Brand Loyalist Audience product targets a business’ customers who listen to broadcast radio, using first- and third-party data and sophisticated data science to map those customers onto iHeartMedia’s more than 850 radio stations by day and daypart. 

SmartAudio Unlimited – A data-driven Broadcast-to-Digital extension

SmartAudio Unlimited will allow brands to apply the same audience data used to create their SmartAudio broadcast radio campaigns to inform their digital marketing efforts by letting businesses target audiences on mobile devices, the Internet and smart speakers via iHeartRadio, the all-in-one digital music, podcast and live streaming radio service.

In addition, iHeartMedia’s ad tech platform will enable brands to apply the same targeting developed for broadcast radio and iHeartRadio to the biggest digital platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. The SmartAudio Unlimited product is ideal for brands focused on retargeting customers and multi-touch and sequential messages that allow them to personalize and tell their story.

The SmartAudio COVID Recovery program is the latest addition to iHeartMedia’s SmartAudio solutions and will be available to advertisers and partners beginning today. 

New Additions to the Executive Vice President of Programming Team Will Work Closely With Recently Announced Division Presidents As Part of iHeartMedia’s New Operating Structure For Its Markets

New York, NY – January 16, 2020 – iHeartMedia announced today that three of its senior programming executives have been named Division Executive Vice Presidents of Programming for the iHeartMedia National Programming Group, effective immediately.

Jeff Hurley, Tony Travatto and Angela Watson Charles will now join current Executive Vice Presidents of Programming Andrew Jeffries, Thea Mitchem, Maynard and Gene Romano. They will report to Brad Hardin, Chief Operating Officer of the iHeartMedia National Programming Group.

Each member of iHeart’s Executive Vice President of Programming team will partner with the company’s Division Presidents, collaborating with each Division to provide national programming assets, services and resources: 

• Mitchem and Jeffries will work with Kevin LeGrett and Scott Hopeck and the Region Division, which is comprised of the company’s largest markets, like New York and Los Angeles, that each reach hundreds of cities, communities and trading areas for local businesses. 
• Romano and Maynard will work with Division Presidents Tom McConnell, Tony Coles and Linda Byrd and the Metro Division, which houses markets that are large areas that still encompass multiple communities – but are not regional hubs like the company’s largest markets.
• Travatto, Hurley and Watson Charles will work with Division Presidents Shosh Abromovich, Nick Gnau and Dan Lankford and the Community Division, which includes markets that focus on the shared needs of one community and one trading area for most businesses and advertisers and will also group markets into areas which are geographically close and culturally similar.

“We’re excited to add Angela, Jeff and Tony to our already extremely talented Executive Vice President of Programming team,” said Tom Poleman, Chief Programming Officer for iHeartMedia. “They each have deep experience building great local brands with a blend of math and magic, and they’ll provide excellent leadership to our programmers in our Community Division markets.”

Hurley has served as Regional Senior Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia’s Allentown/Harrisburg Region since 2013. He joined iHeartMedia in 2004 as the Program Director for WHKF-FM Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and later worked as a Program Director, Operations Manager and on-air personality for brands in the Region. Hurley’s on-air background includes stations in Philadelphia; Cincinnati; Rochester, New York; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and Elmira, New York.

Travatto brings more than 20 years of experience to his new role, most recently as Senior Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia Detroit and Program Director for Channel 955, Detroit's #1 Hit Music Station, and 100.3 WNIC, The Best Variety Of The 80’s, 90’s & Today. He joined iHeartMedia in 2005 as the Program Director for iHeartMedia San Antonio’s KXXX-FM and has served on iHeartMedia’s CHR brand team. Travatto’s background includes working at radio stations in Michigan and Illinois.

Watson Charles began her career at iHeartMedia in 1990 as a Promotions intern for WQUE-FM before transitioning into programming and as an on-air personality. In 2015, she was named Senior Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia New Orleans’ eight stations. Also known as Uptown Angela, Watson Charles is the midday on-air personality for Q93, New Orleans Hip Hop and R&B Station, where she has been number one in her daypart for more than two decades.

NEW YORK – January 15, 2020 – iHeartMedia today announced that nine of its senior executives will be Division Presidents of the new iHeartMedia Markets Group organization, effective immediately. These executives – Shosh Abromovich, Linda Byrd, Tony Coles, Julie Donohue, Nick Gnau, Scott Hopeck, Dan Lankford, Kevin LeGrett and Tom McConnell – will report into Greg Ashlock, President of the iHeartMedia Markets Group. 

This is part of iHeartMedia’s recently announced Markets Group structure, which utilizes the company’s major investments in technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to maximize the performance of each of its markets – and the company overall – with its unique scale and multiple platforms; leadership in audio; and its expertise in consumers, monetization and data. The new structure will enhance iHeartMedia’s position as the number one audio company in America, continue its successful transformation as a technology- and data-powered 21st century media company, and accelerate the development of new platforms and services.

Under the new organizational structure, the company will now group its markets by common needs and characteristics into three distinctly different divisions to make sharing of resources and experiences easier and more targeted. LeGrett and Hopeck will lead the Region Division; McConnell, Coles and Byrd will lead the Metro Division; Abromovich, Gnau and Lankford will lead the Community Division; and Donohue will lead the Multi-Market Partnerships Division.

“It’s an exciting time at iHeart as we launch our new Markets Group structure to capitalize on our unparalleled reach and groundbreaking technology to create one-of-a-kind platforms and services for our employees, partners and listeners,” said Ashlock.  “Our nine Division Presidents bring a complementary portfolio of knowledge, leadership and diverse functional expertise that will position us well as we continue to transform and modernize as the leader in the audio space.”

In addition, the company’s Integrated Revenue Strategies group, led by President Hartley Adkins, will be merged into the iHeartMedia Markets Group and Adkins will become Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Markets Group working closely with Ashlock. 

The Region Division

Led by LeGrett and Hopeck, the Region Division comprises the company’s largest markets, like New York and Los Angeles, that each reach hundreds of cities, communities and trading areas for local businesses.

LeGrett previously served as Division President and Executive Vice President of Operations for the iHeartMedia Markets Group overseeing Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Diego, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Washington, D.C., and with responsibility for leading political strategy.  He is a 20+ year media veteran who joined iHeartMedia in 2010 as Vice President/Market Manager for its Rochester, New York market. LeGrett’s background includes serving as Market President for iHeartMedia Los Angeles and as Senior Vice President of Operations, overseeing more than 220 radio stations and 46 markets of all sizes in the Northeast and Midwest regions.

Hopeck previously served as Division President for iHeartMedia Markets Group with responsibility for the company’s New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco/Sacramento Regions.  He is a 20-year media veteran with extensive experience in digital and sports marketing, and has been with iHeartMedia for more than 15 years. Hopeck previously served as Region President of iHeartMedia New York. His extensive media background also includes serving as Market President for iHeartMedia Phoenix, Senior Vice President of Sales for iHeartMedia Atlanta and General Manager of the company's Braves Radio Network. Prior to iHeartMedia, he served at other media companies including Viacom. 

The Metro Division

Led by McConnell, Coles and Byrd, the Metro Division houses markets that are large areas that still encompass multiple communities – but are not regional hubs like the company’s largest markets.

A media and marketing veteran with more than 20 years of experience, McConnell previously served as Division President of the iHeartMedia Markets Group with the responsibility for the P&L of more than 200 stations across the Northeastern United States in Regions including Boston, Detroit, Hartford, North and South Ohio, and Pittsburgh. During his 20+ years in the media and entertainment industry, McConnell has overseen more than 75 media markets of all sizes and scope and held expansive senior leadership positions across sales, programming and operational divisions. He has led numerous corporate projects that have yielded financial success not only in the market operations, but in a variety of iHeartMedia divisions.

Coles previously served as Executive Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia, working closely with the Division Presidents. With more than 25 years of experience in the radio industry, Coles has held various on-air, programming and management positions and previously served as Senior Vice President of Programming for the West Region, where he led all programming strategy initiatives throughout the region. His background also includes serving in a dual role as Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia Chicago and National Hot AC Brand Manager. He has also held positions as iHeartMedia’s Regional Vice President of Programming for the West and Operations Manager in Portland, Oregon. 

Byrd previously served as Division President for the iHeartMedia Markets Group, overseeing markets in North Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.  She is a 40-year media veteran who has been with iHeartMedia since 1982. Her extensive media experience includes serving as President of iHeartMedia’s Central/North Florida region and overseeing operations in Orlando. During her tenure, Byrd has received many prestigious honors, including Radio Ink Magazine’s General Manager of the Year, and received the Silver Medal Award by the American Advertising Federation for outstanding advertising professional in Central Florida. She was also the first woman to serve as Chairman of the Florida Association of Broadcasters. 

The Community Division

Led by Abromovich, Gnau and Lankford, the Community Division includes markets that focus on the shared needs of one community and one trading area for most businesses and advertisers and will also group markets into areas which are geographically close and culturally similar.

Abromovich has spent over a decade with iHeartMedia, most recently serving as Market President for iHeartMedia Toledo.  As Market President, she worked closely with the programming, business and sales teams and oversaw on-air and digital programming operations as well as creating new business and revenue growth opportunities for the market’s seven stations. Prior to joining iHeartMedia Toledo, she held Digital Sales Manager, Local Sales Manager and General Sales Manager positions for iHeartMedia Detroit. Abromovich began her career as an Account Executive for iHeartMedia Detroit.

Gnau most recently served as President of iHeartMedia’s Philadelphia Region. During his more than 25 years with the company, Gnau has served as a Market Manager and President in a number of markets, including Detroit, Grand Rapids, Marion, Chillicothe, Lima, Toledo, Dayton and Muskegon. He began his radio career on a street team before becoming an Account Executive.

Lankford previously served as Region President of iHeartMedia’s Allentown-Harrisburg Region, where he was responsible for eight markets encompassing 37 radio stations throughout Pennsylvania and the Delmarva Peninsula. Lankford brings more than 35 years of experience in broadcasting, digital, sales and content creation to his role. He began his career as an on-air morning host and later ran stations in New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New Jersey before joining iHeartMedia in 1999. During his time at iHeartMedia, he has led the programming, business and sales teams as Market President and Market Manager for brands in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

The Multi-Market Partnerships Division

Julie Donohue is the President of the Multi-Market Partnerships Division, which empowers iHeart sales teams, regardless of market size and location, to access and leverage all the assets iHeartMedia offers. Prior to this, she spent four years as the Senior Vice President of Multi-Market Partnerships, where she oversaw enterprise business development for the Markets Group. Donohue previously led integrated marketing efforts for iHeartMedia’s Chicago market for 13 years, including managing event and digital efforts and developing a sales team into strategic marketing partners. Her background also includes a 13-year tenure at CBS in Chicago, where she served as the Director of Sales and led the infinity promotions group Midwest office.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements herein constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of iHeartMedia, Inc. and its subsidiaries to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The words or phrases “guidance,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimates,” “forecast” and similar words or expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, such as statements about our goals, and changes to our organizational structure and the expected impacts of such changes, are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond our control and are difficult to predict. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date stated, or if no date is stated, as of the date hereof. Various risks that could cause future results to differ from those expressed by any forward-looking statement are described in the Company’s reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the section entitled “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of iHeartMedia, Inc.’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements because of new information, future events or otherwise.

NEW YORK – October 21, 2019 – iHeartMedia announced today that Yesenia Bello has been named iHeartMedia’s Senior Vice President of Multicultural Sales, effective immediately. Bello will report to Alan Korowitz, Executive Vice President of National Platforms, and will be based out of New York.

In her new role, Bello will be responsible for developing sales opportunities with key multicultural advertisers and their agencies across iHeartMedia broadcast stations, digital, podcast, events and Premiere Networks, which includes “Tu Mañana and On The Move with Enrique Santos,” “The Breakfast Club” and the “Steve Harvey Morning Show.” She will also work closely with Enrique Santos, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of iHeartLatino, to create an innovative go-to-market audio strategy for iHeartMedia’s Hispanic portfolio. In addition, she will also lead sales efforts for the iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina annual mega-concert in Miami, which celebrates the best artists and performers in Latin music today.

“It’s a critical time for audio and media companies with people having a variety of platforms vying for their attention,” said Alan Korowitz, EVP of National Platforms for iHeartMedia. “This is especially true for multicultural audiences. As the leader in audio and a company that reaches more Hispanic and African-American audiences than any other company, iHeartMedia understands that better than anyone. That’s why we’re so excited to have someone with Yesenia’s background and expertise spearheading our multicultural sales efforts.” 

“I’m thrilled to join iHeartMedia during a time when cultural sound is creating a seismic shift in the music industry and is reshaping how we consume and how we experience music,” said Bello. “iHeart has a great history of embracing its Hispanic and African-American listeners and I can’t wait to help create an innovative, strategic focus in Multicultural audiences that will deliver incremental growth across iHeartMedia’s portfolio of assets.”

Bello brings 15 years of Multicultural media experience to her new role. She began her sales career at Telemundo Network, where she helped develop the multi-million dollar advertising business for the company’s New York and Chicago regions. After almost eight years at Telemundo, Bello joined Hulu’s Latino division as an account executive and later held positions as National Sales Manager for Hulu Latino and later its Multicultural team that allowed her to work with major brands across all regions of the United States. Bello most recently worked at Google, where she focused on Multicultural strategy and sales for YouTube advertisers. She immigrated to the United States from the Dominican Republic at the age of 11 and received her B.S. in Communications from CUNY College of Staten Island.

NEW YORK — September 5, 2019 — iHeartMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: IHRT) announced today that Bob Pittman, the company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will participate in a question and answer session during the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference in New York, NY on Thursday September 19, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

A live webcast of the session will be available to the general public through a link on the Investors homepage of iHeartMedia’s website (https://investors.iheartmedia.com/). A replay of the audio webcast will be available in the Events & Presentation section of iHeartMedia’s Investors homepage.