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Salon.com
November 20, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Is Clear Channel playing a "shell game"? Critics of the radio-industry giant charge that it is skirting federal ownership rules with puppet competitors...   |
Salon.com
August 7, 2002
Eric Boehlert |
Radio's titan hits the skids After replacing a high-profile exec, Clear Channel, the 800-pound gorilla of the entertainment industry, suddenly faces a lot of banana peels. |
Salon.com
August 8, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Rock 'n' radio rumble A dust-up involving Clear Channel and a Blink-182 concert in Cincinnati doesn't seem to be an isolated event... |
Salon.com
August 8, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Suit: Clear Channel is an illegal monopoly A tiny Denver promoter is taking the most powerful force in the music industry to court... |
Salon.com
April 30, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Radio's big bully Dirty tricks and crappy programming: Welcome to the world of Clear Channel, the biggest station owner in America... |
Salon.com
May 30, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Tough company Clear Channel is as big as NBC or Gannett. Chances are it owns a half-dozen radio stations in your town. And it's fighting employee suits alleging everything from broken contracts to sexual harassment. |
Salon.com
March 13, 2002
Eric Boehlert |
Record companies: Save us from ourselves! With payola up but profits down, labels are wondering if paying $100 million to middlemen "fixers" is still a swell business idea... |
Salon.com
June 25, 2002
Eric Boehlert |
Is Clear Channel selling hit singles? Insiders suggest that the broadcasting giant gave an obscure singer major airplay to promote its pricey new market-research program. |
Salon.com
July 25, 2000
Mark Schapiro |
The day the music died The merger of America's largest concert promoter with its largest radio station owner will mean Pringles, payola and more Top 40 from coast to coast. |
Salon.com
March 14, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Pay for play Why does radio suck? Because most stations play only the songs the record companies pay them to. And things are going to get worse... |
Salon.com
June 28, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
One big happy channel? The Telecommunications Reform Act handed over control of the radio airwaves to a chosen few. Will TV be next? |
Reason
December 2004
Jesse Walker |
Liberal Demographic Clear Channel turns left: American broadcasting is a government-protected cartel, not a free market. But even a distorted market needs consumers, and if an underserved group of listeners is big enough, someone will notice them. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Clear Channel Frosts Fidelity The company's largest shareholder is making noise about an insufficient per-share price. |
Reason
November 2008
Jesse Walker |
Beyond the Fairness Doctrine Barack Obama says he wouldn't reintroduce the Federal Communications Commission's most notorious speech-squashing regulation. But there are more mundane reasons to fear the next FCC. |
Salon.com
June 25, 2002
Eric Boehlert |
Will Congress tackle pay-for-play? Radio-station owners are shocked -- shocked! -- as the music industry's payola scandal widens. Record-label execs aren't buying it (and neither should you). |
Mother Jones
August 1999
Alex Markels |
Low Power To The People Muted by the high cost of broadcast licenses, diverse voices may yet step up to the mike, thanks to a new FCC proposal |
BusinessWeek
April 25, 2005
Gene G. Marcial |
A Clear Signal At Clear Channel Satellite Radio and MP3 players are drowning out some investors' interest in radio's long-term potential. But Clear Channel Communications's stock has bounced. |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Sirius XM and Pandora Better Watch Out Radio giant Clear Channel announces that the iHeartRadio customized stations that it rolled out two months ago will continue to be commercial-free through the end of March. |
Salon.com
October 1, 2002
Todd Spencer |
Radio killed the radio star Consolidation has resulted in 10,000 layoffs, the demise of a beloved trade magazine, and a decline in programming quality. But industry execs are fat and happy. |
BusinessWeek
June 20, 2005
Tom Lowry |
Antenna Adjustment Clear Channel is pulling apart its empire as it scrambles to compete in a changed media world. |
Salon.com
August 6, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
The Media Borg's man in Washington FCC chairman Michael Powell, Colin's smooth, ambitious son, has never met a media merger he didn't like... |
Wired
January 18, 2008
Brendan I. Koerner |
Why Things Suck: Radio The FM band between 92.1 and 107.9, where commercial stations reign, is mostly a desert of robo-DJs and pop pabulum. |
Salon.com
August 6, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
More waves in the radio business Is corporate behemoth Clear Channel behind the latest shakeup? |
Mother Jones
Sep/Oct 2001
Brendan I. Koerner |
Losing Signal The digital revolution has transformed the Federal Communications Commission into a Washington powerhouse. But just as the stakes are rising, the agency is ceding control to multimedia corporations and their lobbyists... |
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Clear Sailing for Clear Channel After months of wrangling, it looks like Clear Channel's as good as gone, as it's buyout by private equity firms finally seems to be happening. |
Salon.com
June 13, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Slim Shady takes a hit from the FCC Citing new indecency guidelines, the commission fines a radio station for playing Eminem... |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Clear Channel Getting Clearer? For anyone interested in the changing face of media, conglomerate Clear Channel is among the interesting companies to watch right now. With hopeful signs in its latest quarterly report, should investors start tuning in? |
Reason
December 2004 |
The Reluctant Planner FCC Chairman Michael Powell on indecency, innovation, consolidation, and competition. |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Clear Channel's Future Clarified Following months of contentious debate, the radio station operator is poised to join the ranks of newly private companies. Investors, steer clear. |
Wired
June 2000
Alex Markels |
Radio Active Up against the megastations in a battle for the airwaves, do-it-yourself DJs are deploying two potent weapons - 100-watt transmitters and the global reach of the Web. |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Sirius Deadlines, Serious Implications The interminably long merger approval process between XM and Sirius is about to get even longer. |
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Clear Channel's Fuzzy Picture With an upcoming shareholder vote, a private-equity effort to acquire radio giant Clear Channel still looks extremely iffy. |
The Motley Fool
July 20, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Less Is More at Clear Channel Clear Channel, the communications giant that brings you radio ads and billboards galore, announced that it would require its radio stations to run less advertising. |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
XM Ads It Up Clear Channel wins a dispute requiring that its XM channels include advertising. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2006
Amanda Tyler |
Radio One Fine-Tunes Strategy The broadcaster takes a first-quarter beating but still tops guidance. Investors, watch for the company to focus more on its Internet business and strengthen its station portfolio with more acquisitions. |
The Motley Fool
February 25, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Clear Channel Is Anything But Radio giant Clear Channel has been heading for a buyout by private-equity firms for nearly a year. Amid a mounting credit crunch, there's rampant skepticism that the deal will even get done. |
Inc.
May 1, 2010
Darren Dahl |
Business for Sale: A New Jersey TV Station A low-power station that broadcasts lots of high school sports and town hall meetings is on the market for $2.5 million. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2007
Willie D. Jones |
Low Power to the People A South Carolina city is the latest battleground for low-watt community radio. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Clear Channel's Iffy Deal The anticipated private equity buyout of Clear Channel Communications is running into headwinds. This company warrants careful attention from investors. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 26, 2006
Sean Silverthorne |
The Strategic Way to Go to Market Too often channel strategies develop when a product is ready to go to market. But a last-minute approach leaves a lot of efficiencies and synergies by the wayside, says V. Kasturi Rangan. Enter the concept of the "channel steward." |
Knowledge@Wharton
June 4, 2003 |
New FCC Rules on Media Ownership: Static from All Sides When Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell described his agency's partial deregulation of media outlet ownership restrictions June 2 as "modest, albeit very significant changes," few seemed to share his sentiment. |
Reason
January 2004
Ben Compaine |
Domination Fantasies Does Rupert Murdoch control the media? Does anyone? |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 12, 2006
Rangan & Bell |
The Promise of Channel Stewardship Companies need a new strategy for going to market, says Harvard marketing professor V. Kasturi "Kash" Rangan in his new book, Transforming Your Go-to-Market Strategy. |
Home Theater
Mark Fleischmann |
Some DTV Stations Suffer in Transition Some two dozen DTV stations who are having trouble reaching their viewers in the wake of the DTV transition are receiving help from the Federal Communications Commission, reports the Associated Press. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2006
Adrian Rush |
XM: The Sounds of Salesmen? Clear Channel's insistence on XM ads is a reminder of why traditional radio is in decline. |
Home Theater
July 29, 2008 |
FCC Says Yes to Sirius/XM Merger Following a long and contentious debate, the Federal Communications Commission has OKed the merger of the Sirius and XM satellite radio networks. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2010
Mitchell Lazarus |
The Great Radio Spectrum Famine Mobile broadband is consuming the available radio spectrum. Serving up more won't be easy |
BusinessWeek
June 20, 2005
Tom Lowry |
What's In-Your-Face And TiVo-Proof? LED Billboards Clear Channel Outdoor is launching a trial with seven giant electronic billboards around Cleveland that will change their advertisements dozens of times a day. |
Salon.com
June 7, 2002
Jeffrey Benner |
Getting a lock on broadband How the FCC is paving the way for a few big companies to control everyone's high-speed Internet access. |
The Motley Fool
January 24, 2005
Kelvin Taylor |
Clear Channel Changing Its Tune Clear Channel is betting that HD radio will give consumers what they're looking for. |
