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• Clear Channel starts the long, slow fade-down

  Published: September 25, 2007, 2:36 pm

  Tags: Radio, Private Equity, Clear Channel

  media empire in the US, Clear Channel, is starting to smash itself to pieces. It's shareholders gave approval for the sale of itself to a private equity partnership, Thomas H. Lee Partners LP and Bain Capital Partners LLC, with a plan for the new CC to slim down by selling off its television holdings and 440 of its smaller radio stations -

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• No lie too odious

  Published: October 16, 2007, 12:25 pm

  Tags: Mediamatters, Reid, Michelle Malkin, Lie, Limbaugh, Conservative, Republican, Fox, Civil War, Clear Channel

  other Senators sent Clear Channel a letter criticizing his 'phony soldiers' comment. It works like this: Rush gets to say his piece, but he's not guaranteed a radio show to do it, and he's not immune from the free speech of others about him and what he says.Will these brownshirts now scream in defense of the unnamed reporter whom Rush

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• Which side are you on?

  Published: October 18, 2007, 9:55 am

  Tags: Globe, Mark Mays, Ads, Labor, Clear Channel, Kevin Cullen

  of this division of Clear Channel, makes more than twice as much money in a year as all of the original 48 sign-hangers combined.My recommendation: Start calling sign advertisers and tell them you won't do business with them as long as they do business with Clear Channel. Hit the bastards where they

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• Limbaugh Spins Reid's Letter Into Charity Gold

  Published: October 20, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Limbaugh, Spins, Reid S, Letter, Into, Charity, Gold, Harry Reid, Rush Limbaugh, Betty Brown Casey, James Kallstrom, U S Senate, New Jersey, Washington Dc, Clear Channel Communications Inc, Ebay Inc, Brendan Sullivan, Mark Mays, Iraq, Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation

  Petty bickering about patriotism and Who Loves Our Troops More has never been seen as a financial growth industry, but there's no stopping American capitalism. This is why a perfunctory bit of political grandstanding, committed to U.S. Senate letterhead this month, became worth a reported $4.2...

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• The MSM’s Rush Limbaugh horror story

  Published: October 20, 2007, 9:38 pm

  Tags: Congress, Democrats, Media Matters, Barack Obama, Censorship, Clear Channel Communications, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Media, Rush Limbaugh

  that. Keep in mind that Clear Channel Communications takes to the airwaves courtesy of a license issued by the FCC. The FCC is an agency that Congress created and that is “directly responsible to Congress.” In other words, the same people that currently control the agency that grants to Clear Channel the license to broadcast

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• Critics Turn Out To Protest Media Consolidation

  Published: November 1, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Critics, Turn, Out, Protest, Media, Consolidation, U S Federal Communications Commission, Tribune Company, Bob Edwards, Rupert Murdoch, Louisiana, Clear Channel Communications Inc, Myspace Inc, News Corporation Ltd, Andrew Schwartzman, Jesse Jackson, At Amp T Inc, Cbs

  Even though the media landscape has changed radically since the last time the Federal Communications Commission tried to alter its media-ownership rules, a hearing at the FCC yesterday showed that the debate remains as heated as ever.

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• HipCricket Keeps Radio Relevant With Mobile

  Published: November 14, 2007, 4:40 pm

  Tags: News, Clear Channel, Hipcricket, Kiis L A, Mobile Marketing

  Working with many radio channels, HipCricket is bringing a new vitality to certain aspects of traditional media. In speaking with Jeff Hasan, CMO of HipCricket, he spoke about the impact of new devices and the logical move to mobile. We've definitely had a lot of traction this year. New devices

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• FCC OKs Sale of Clear Channel Stations

  Published: November 30, 2007, 4:47 pm

  Tags: Fcc, Oks, Sale, Clear, Channel, Stations

  WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission has approved the $1.3 billion sale of 35 television stations owned by Clear Channel Communication Inc. to Newport Television LLC, a private equity group, subject to certain conditions.

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• Feds, Clear Channel ink deal to put terror alerts on digital billboards [Advertising]

  Published: January 3, 2008, 3:00 pm

  Tags: Advertising, Clear Channel, Fbi, Politics

  FBI has made a deal with Clear Channel to put "most wanted" bulletins and "hot pursuit" alerts on digital billboards around the country. Predictable: The SiliconView digital billboard on the 101 was just the beginning. The future of outdoor advertising is digital billboards which can display different ads depending on time of day or current

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• The Clinton era..was it really that good for America?

  Published: January 9, 2008, 4:09 am

  Tags: 08 Elections, Capitalism, Daily Featured, Dustys Posts, Presidential Candidates, The Corporotocracy, Politics, 08 Election, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Lobbying, Pac, Coincidence, Clear, Channel, Executives, Tom, Hicks, And, Lowry, Mays, Voted, The, Senate, Reason, Nafta, Pas

  Tuesday night, prior to counting the first NH vote, the pundits pretty much had Hillary Clinton on life support. She won..not by a landslide, but she clearly beat Obama and wiped the street with John Edwards. Whatever you think of Hillary and her politics, one thing is abundantly clear; she is riding on the coattails of [...]

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• Tribune's Rules: A Quirky Rush to Good Judgment

  Published: January 17, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Tribune S, Rules, Quirky, Rush, Good, Judgment, Tribune Company, Sam Zell, Clear Channel Communications Inc, Gary Weitman, Howard Weinstein, Randy Michaels

  Media giant Tribune Co., which last month passed from public to private, employee ownership under the direction of real estate mogul Sam Zell, gave its nearly 20,000 employees a handbook yesterday outlining appropriate workplace policies and behavior and the new company's values.

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• Signing Off at XM

  Published: March 12, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Signing, Off, Tribune Company, Lee Abrams, Al Central Division, American League Baseball, Chicago White Sox, Major League Baseball, Sam Zell, Randy Michaels, Chicago Cubs, National League Baseball, Nl Central Division, Florida, Clear Channel Communications Inc

  Ten years ago, Lee Abrams helped revolutionize radio. Now, he's hoping to do the same to journalism.

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• Time for New Blood in Newspaper Boardrooms: A Slate

  Published: April 14, 2008, 12:27 am

  Tags: Daily Newspaper Companies, Innovation, New York Times, Tribune, Candy Girl, Alberto Ibarguen, Arianna Huffington, Automattic, Caroline Little, Clear Channel Execs, Craig Newmark, Craigslist, Diablo Cody, Eliot Spitzer, Gordon Crovitz, Huffington Post, Ira Glass, Jeff Skol

  some other company's gain. Clear Channel Communications Exec: Better grab one quick before Sam Zell gets em all! That's a start. Who's on your slate?

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• Buyouts Not Enough? ‘Times’ Newsroom Braces for Clearance

  Published: April 25, 2008, 1:00 pm

  Tags: Company Town, Amber Valletta, Bill Miller, Cbgb, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chloe Sevigny, Clear Channel, Ford, Heidi Montag, John Varvatos, Media, Microsoft, Msnbc, New York Times, Wall Street, Yahoo

  it was an e-mail in the Clear Channel case. Today, it's instant messages in an SEC investigation. Moral of the story: Beware of technology. [WSJ] REAL ESTATE • As if we needed further proof that the subprime situation is bad, foreclosures in New York City are up 50 percent. [Curbed] • Meanwhile, the foreclosure wave has even

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• Time for New Blood in Newspaper Boardrooms: A Slate

  Published: April 13, 2008, 11:49 pm

  Tags: Daily Newspaper Companies, Innovation, New York Times, Tribune, Candy Girl, Alberto Ibarguen, Arianna Huffington, Automattic, Caroline Little, Clear Channel Execs, Craig Newmark, Craigslist, Diablo Cody, Eliot Spitzer, Gordon Crovitz, Huffington Post, Ira Glass, Jeff Skol

  some other company's gain. Clear Channel Communications Exec: Better grab one quick before Sam Zell gets em all! That's a start. Who's on your slate?

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