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Banks Defend Clear Channel Funding Effort

Posted by Wall Street Journal on 01 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Judicial, Clear Channel, Business

By Peter Lattman and Matthew Karnitschnig, Wall Street Journal
Banks accused buyout firms Thomas H. Lee Partners LP and Bain Capital Partners LLC of blindsiding them with a lawsuit while they were in the middle of negotiating the deal.

Popularity: 1% [?]

A Company Promises The Deepest Data Mining Yet

Posted by NY Times on 20 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ethics, Media Freedom, New Media, Google, Clear Channel, Books, privacy, Human Rights, Internet

By Louise Story, NY Times
The company, called Phorm, has created a tool that can track every single online action of a given consumer, based on data from that person’s Internet service provider.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Statement By Copps On Clear Channel Buyout

Posted by Federal Communications Commission on 25 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Radio, Clear Channel

By Michael Copps, FCC
“While the new company will remain a media giant ‘now re-focused on the largest markets’, there are some potential public interest benefits to this deal…”

Popularity: 1% [?]

FCC Ends Week With Quadruple Play

Posted by Variety.com on 03 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News, FCC, Television, Clear Channel, Cable

By William Triplett, Variety.com
The FCC ended the week with a quadruple play - approving the $1.3 billion Clear Channel sale, planning to take a look at product integration, granting Tribune its needed waivers and taking another shot at cable.

Popularity: 1% [?]

From Imus to Industry: The Business of Stereotypes and Degrading Images

Posted by Black Agenda Report on 04 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Ownership, News Corp, AOLTimeWarner, Viacom, Commentary, NBC Universal, Disney, GE, FCC, MTV, Race in Media, Radio, Clear Channel, Pop Culture, US Congress, Indecency, Gender

There can be no doubt that much Hip Hop product is pathological. But whose product is it? Industry activist Lisa Fager went to Capitol Hill to school lawmakers on the real purveyors of audio and video mayhem: the music and communications corporations that control the destructive content that saturates the market.

Popularity: 2% [?]

Democrats Go After Limbaugh

Posted by The Hill on 02 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: News, USDemocrats, Bush, Free Speech, Politics, Media Freedom, Middle East, Iraq War, Clear Channel

By Klaus Marre, The Hill
Democrats called on the chief executive of Clear Channel Communications to denounce remarks by radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, whom they say made a “hateful” and “unpatriotic” attack on U.S. troops opposed to the war in Iraq.

Popularity: 2% [?]

Net Radio’s Silent Tuesday: Anyone Listening?

Posted by PC World on 27 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: News, North America, US, Technology, New Media, Radio, Clear Channel, Satellite Radio

By PC World Staff, PC World Online
Much of Internet radio was silent on Tuesday in protest of a dramatic copyright royalty fee hike scheduled to take effect July 15. But is anyone listening?

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Sirius Woos FCC With Price Cuts

Posted by Variety.com on 13 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: News, Economics, Media Freedom, FCC, Radio, Clear Channel, Business

By Michael Learmonth, Variety.com
In his bid to win approval of the merger of radio satcasters Sirius and XM, Sirius topper Mel Karmazin has proposed several possible pricing structures for the combined company in his informal talks with the Federal Communications Commission.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Clear Channel Accepts Revised Buyout Bid

Posted by Media Daily News on 21 May 2007 | Tagged as: News, Radio, Clear Channel

By Eric Sass, Media Daily News
Clear Channel Communications’ board of directors has accepted the revised version of a buyout offer from Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital worth $19.5 billion, the company announced Friday.

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Clear Channel Sale Is Gaining Momentum

Posted by Wall Street Journal on 17 May 2007 | Tagged as: News, Wall Street Journal, Clear Channel

By Dennis K. Berman and Sarah McBride, Wall Street Journal
Strong momentum was building last night for a final plan to clinch the $19.4 billion sale of Clear Channel Communications Inc. to a duo of private-equity firms.

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Clear Channel delays buyout vote

Posted by AP on 08 May 2007 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, Radio, Clear Channel

By AP
Clear Channel Communications Inc. on May 7 delayed a vote on a proposed $19.35 billion buyout of the radio and billboard company and said it was talking to the potential buyers about a revised offer.

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