<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Clear Channel Communications Inc.: News &amp; Videos about Clear Channel Communications Inc. - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Clear_Channel_Communications_Inc</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Clear Channel Communications Inc. from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:42:18 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Clear Channel Communications Inc.: News &amp; Videos about Clear Channel Communications Inc. - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Clear_Channel_Communications_Inc</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Clear Channel Communications Inc. from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Harry Shearer on Political Satire</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1824482,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1824482,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The comedian and writer talks about his new album, political comedy and a reunion of Spinal Tap </description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clear Channel deal: Better late than never</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/14/magazines/fortune/clearchannel.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/14/magazines/fortune/clearchannel.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Clear Channel and its prospective private equity buyers finally reached an agreement with their banks to finance the deal Wednesday. Now, all that stands in the way is the approval of the radio conglomerate's shareholders.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 19:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clear Channel's murky outlook</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/09/news/companies/simons_clearchannel.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/09/news/companies/simons_clearchannel.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Even as Clear Channel's day in court draws near, the broadcast and advertising conglomerate's $20 billion privatization deal appears less and less likely.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 15:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clear Channel's grim prospects</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/03/news/companies/simons_clearchannel.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/03/news/companies/simons_clearchannel.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>As Clear Channel limps away from what looks more and more like a failed attempt to sell itself, prospects for the nation's largest radio broadcaster - not unlike most media companies - look grim.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clear Channel fight gets down 'n' dirty, Texas-style</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/27/news/companies/clear_channel.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/27/news/companies/clear_channel.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>The sale of Clear Channel Communications, America's biggest radio station owner, has rambled and lurched along like some kind of pre-Wright Brothers flying machine -  a bicycle with flaps trying to get off the ground. At every step of the sale process that began when a deal was struck in November 2006, there has been turbulence. Just last month, Clear Channel settled a dispute with private equity firm Providence Capital to complete the purchase of its TV businesses.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wall Street deflates on banks, tech</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/27/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/27/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm</guid><description>An up and down day on Wall Street ended decidedly down Thursday, as investors demonstrated concern about shaky news from the financial and tech sectors.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Investors keep eye on economy</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/27/markets/stockswatch_ny/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/27/markets/stockswatch_ny/index.htm</guid><description>U.S. stock futures pointed to a mixed open at the start of trading Thursday as investors weighed disappointing results from tech bellwether Oracle and awaited a reading on economic growth and comments from two Federal Reserve governors.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clear Channel, private equity firms sue banks</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/26/news/companies/clear_channel/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/26/news/companies/clear_channel/index.htm</guid><description>Clear Channel Communications Inc. and the private equity firms seeking to close a $19.5 billion purchase of the company on Wednesday sued the banks backing the deal.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tug of war on Wall Street</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/26/markets/thebuzz/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/26/markets/thebuzz/index.htm</guid><description>If you've been pessimistic about the stock market, you would think you'd have plenty of reasons to gloat today.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clear Channel deal in danger</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/25/news/companies/simons_clearchannel.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/25/news/companies/simons_clearchannel.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Clear Channel's long-awaited $19 billion sale to private equity firms Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners is in danger of falling through, according to a Wall Street Journal report.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clear Channel OKs TV station sales: report</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/25/news/companies/clearchannel_deal/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/25/news/companies/clearchannel_deal/index.htm</guid><description>The sale of local television stations at the center of a dispute between Clear Channel Communications Inc. and Providence Equity Partners, has been settled, a person close to the situation is quoted in a Wall Street Journal story today.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Clear Channel shareholders OK $19.5B buyout</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/25/news/companies/bc.apfn.clearchannel.buy.ap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/25/news/companies/bc.apfn.clearchannel.buy.ap/index.htm</guid><description>Clear Channel Communications Inc. shareholders approved on Tuesday a $19.5 billion buyout of the nation's biggest radio station operator, more than 10 months after the deal was proposed.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clear Channel shareholders to vote on buyout</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/24/news/companies/clear_channel.ap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/24/news/companies/clear_channel.ap/index.htm</guid><description>After several delays, a shareholder vote is imminent on a proposed $19.5-billion buyout of radio giant Clear Channel Communications.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clear Channel approves new $20B bid</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/18/news/companies/clear_channel/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/18/news/companies/clear_channel/index.htm</guid><description>Clear Channel has approved a revised merger bid of $20 billion from a private-equity group, the radio conglomerate said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 13:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clear Channel pushes back vote</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/07/news/companies/clear_channel/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/07/news/companies/clear_channel/index.htm</guid><description>Clear Channel pushed back a shareholder vote on a proposed $19.4 billion buyout of the company on Monday, saying it was in talks with private equity bidders regarding a revised bid.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 15:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Buyouts: Hotter than ever</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/04/markets/buyouts/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/04/markets/buyouts/index.htm</guid><description>The buyout deals keep on coming, a sign of just how white-hot the market is for mergers and acquisitions.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 14:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Friday's market movers</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/04/markets/movers/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/04/markets/movers/index.htm</guid><description>The following are some of Friday's most actively traded stocks:</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 13:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>No more Clear Channel bids?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/24/markets/clearchannel_takeover/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/24/markets/clearchannel_takeover/index.htm</guid><description>Shareholders may have muscled the private equity suitors pursuing Clear Channel into raising their offer for the radio station giant once, but don't expect it to happen again.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Google said to make radio ad deal</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/15/news/companies/clear_channel_google/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/15/news/companies/clear_channel_google/index.htm</guid><description>Google has agreed to sell advertising on all of the stations owned by Clear Channel Communications beginning at the end of June, according to a published report.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clear Channel could get higher bid</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/15/news/companies/clearchannel_deal/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/15/news/companies/clearchannel_deal/index.htm</guid><description>Two private equity firms seeking to acquire No. 1 radio station operator Clear Channel Communications Inc. have agreed to raise their $26 billion bid in an effort to convince reluctant shareholders to approve the deal, according to a published report.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gas pumps that smell like coffee</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/04/01/8403354/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/04/01/8403354/index.htm</guid><description>It's not enough to have your customers' eyes and ears--now you need to attract their noses too. This month, 100 gas stations in California will be trying technology that wafts coffee aroma at the p... </description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Corporate boards' secret weapon</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/20/markets/pe_boards/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/20/markets/pe_boards/index.htm</guid><description>As private equity comes under closer public scrutiny, corporate boards agreeing to buyouts are increasingly looking for ways to ward off shareholder criticism.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Despite satellite, 'old' radio still sings</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/07/commentary/mediabiz/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/07/commentary/mediabiz/index.htm</guid><description>A funny thing has happened in the world of radio. Satellite radio companies were supposed to put terrestrial radio operators out of business.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Don't laugh--billboards are sexy!</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/22/news/companies/billboards/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/22/news/companies/billboards/index.htm</guid><description>If someone asked you to name the hottest areas in media and advertising today, odds are the billboard industry would not be at the tip of your tongue.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Private equity's PR problem</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/06/markets/pe_image/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/06/markets/pe_image/index.htm</guid><description>With buyout firms raising record amounts of cash and taking companies private at a frenetic pace, the once clubby world of private equity is getting thrust into the public spotlight - and a backlash is brewing.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Thursday's late movers</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/16/markets/late_movers_1116/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/16/markets/late_movers_1116/index.htm</guid><description>Here are some shares that were particularly active in late trading Thursday:</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>US Air-Delta deal could lift stocks</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/15/markets/stockswatch/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/15/markets/stockswatch/index.htm</guid><description>A proposed major airline deal could help stocks gain altitude in the early going Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>XM stock soars on narrowed loss</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/06/technology/xm/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/06/technology/xm/index.htm</guid><description>XM Satellite stock jumped Monday after the No. 1 satellite radio company sharply cut its losses in the most recent quarter.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Selling out: Media's 'private' affair</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/01/commentary/mediabiz/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/01/commentary/mediabiz/index.htm</guid><description>Media companies are notorious for their copycat ways.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Serwer: Stay clear of Clear Channel</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/30/commentary/streetlife.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/30/commentary/streetlife.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>MARKETS: It's over. I say the Fall rally is kaputsky. Last week, we set a record every day but Friday. Friday was down. Monday will likely be down too after the weak GDP report and weak housing report late last week. Japan plunged too. Bye, bye.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>XM faces the music</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/26/commentary/mediabiz/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/26/commentary/mediabiz/index.htm</guid><description>XM Satellite Radio has crashed and burned and now some are starting to wonder if the company could be a takeover target. Shares have plummeted more than 60 percent this year.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sivy 70</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/07/01/8380783/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/07/01/8380783/index.htm</guid><description>May was a cruel month, as inflation fears battered share prices. Ten of the Sivy 70 were down more than 10% as of May 24. The worst losers: Aetna and UnitedHealth Group, the former sandbagged by ri... </description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Big media's Spanish lesson</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/10/news/companies/spanish_media/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/10/news/companies/spanish_media/index.htm</guid><description>Spanish language broadcaster Univision is "muy caliente" on Wall Street these days.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hits &amp;amp; Misses</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/11/01/8362821/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/11/01/8362821/index.htm</guid><description>[HIT] The power of positive pricing. While U.S. automakers were busy sacrificing profit margins for sales volume in June and July with their employee discount programs, Honda stuck with its sticker...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Fewer commercials on the horizon?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/15/news/fortune500/advertising/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/15/news/fortune500/advertising/index.htm</guid><description>Consumers are increasingly frustrated by all the commercials they have to sit through when listening to the radio or watching TV and the ads they have to wade through when reading a magazine or newspaper.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2005 16:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The A.M.-P.M. Billboard</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/06/01/8263440/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/06/01/8263440/index.htm</guid><description>In 2002, Cincinnati's WCPO-TV was a ratings blip; now it's the No. 3 ABC affiliate in the nation. One big reason? A digital billboard on a local freeway. In a groundbreaking trial with Lamar Advert...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Space Race</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/05/16/8260160/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/05/16/8260160/index.htm</guid><description>Satellite providers are making inroads ... </description><pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2005 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Disney may sell radio unit</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/11/news/fortune500/disney_radio/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/11/news/fortune500/disney_radio/index.htm</guid><description>Walt Disney Co. is weighing getting out of the traditional radio business, according to a published report.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2005 11:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Victory</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/05/01/8259735/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/05/01/8259735/index.htm</guid><description>Smaller rivals have long characterized Clear Channel Communications as a bully (see "Rough on Rivals" in April's "Heavy Metal" on fsb.com). Now one little company has proved its case in court. Bols...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2005 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Summer concerts: From croak to croon?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/07/news/newsmakers/concerts/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/07/news/newsmakers/concerts/index.htm</guid><description>After striking a low note last year, the concert business is poised to sing.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2005 14:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rough on Rivals</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/04/01/8256507/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/04/01/8256507/index.htm</guid><description>Clear Channel has long been accused of using its size, success, and political clout to the detriment of small competitors. The company's critics aren't hard to find. Online tirades pop up on websit...</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2005 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Heavy Metal</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/04/01/8256506/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/04/01/8256506/index.htm</guid><description>It's Saturday night in Billings, where 8,000 fans pack the MetraPark Arena for the Night of Destruction, an extravaganza of motorized mayhem on a hockey rink covered in 65 truckloads of dirt. The f...</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2005 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Radio's fading signal</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/22/technology/techinvestor/lamonica/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/22/technology/techinvestor/lamonica/index.htm</guid><description>For most companies that make money from the music business, the past year has been one big party on Wall Street.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Life without Stern isn't looking pretty</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/27/news/newsmakers/stern_ratings/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/27/news/newsmakers/stern_ratings/index.htm</guid><description>A year ago, Pittsburgh radio station WXDX-FM was near the top of its game on weekday mornings. Today it's fighting hard for listeners.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Concert biz in '04: old-timers rocked</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/31/news/fortune500/yir04_concerts/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/31/news/fortune500/yir04_concerts/index.htm</guid><description>The king of concerts in 2004 turned out to be a prince.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Stocks for a year-end bounce</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/08/commentary/mkcommentary/sivy/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/08/commentary/mkcommentary/sivy/index.htm</guid><description>It's well known that deeply depressed stocks often enjoy a rally as the year comes to a close. This used to be called the "January effect," but the phenomenon has occurred as early as November in recent years.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2004 22:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Radio's Stern Challenge</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/11/01/8189597/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/11/01/8189597/index.htm</guid><description>The defection of Howard Stern, radio's biggest star, from Infinity Broadcasting to Sirius Satellite Radio may be remembered as the moment when a new medium crawled out of its chrysalis. It is also ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2004 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Satellite Radio</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/10/01/8186667/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/10/01/8186667/index.htm</guid><description>If there were doubts about satellite radio's mass appeal, this year they disappeared. In January a mere 1.6 million people pulled down music and other entertainment from the sky. But by year's end,...</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2004 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Agreement paves way for anti-war billboard</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/16/billboard.lawsuit/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/16/billboard.lawsuit/index.html</guid><description>A liberal advocacy group reached an agreement Thursday with Clear Channel Communications that will allow an anti-war billboard to go up in New York's Times Square in time for the Republican National Convention.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2004 04:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Group sues over anti-war billboard </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/12/billboard.lawsuit/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/12/billboard.lawsuit/index.html</guid><description>A liberal organization filed a federal suit Monday against Clear Channel Communications alleging breach of contract for its rejection of a billboard that would have placed an anti-war message in Times Square.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2004 01:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clear Channel in antiwar ad flap</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/12/news/fortune500/clearchannel_ad/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/12/news/fortune500/clearchannel_ad/index.htm</guid><description>Anti-war group Project Billboard has threatened to file a lawsuit Monday against Clear Channel Communications, alleging that the media company has blocked a billboard opposing the Iraq war from being mounted in Times Square, according to the New York Times.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2004 10:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pricing Howard Stern</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/09/news/newsmakers/stern/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/09/news/newsmakers/stern/index.htm</guid><description>Howard Stern is looking expensive these days. His employer, Infinity Broadcasting Corp., is reportedly facing a whopping $1.5 million fine for an episode on Stern's morning radio program that included sexual references that government watchdogs say crossed the line.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2004 13:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stern lambastes Bush, FCC</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/30/stern.bush/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/30/stern.bush/index.html</guid><description>Radio host Howard Stern took aim at the Bush administration, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and media giant Clear Channel as he announced Wednesday that his program will soon be broadcast on nine new stations across the country.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stern's show adds stations</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/30/news/newsmakers/stern/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/30/news/newsmakers/stern/index.htm</guid><description>Shock jock Howard Stern, under pressure for broadcasts termed by some as indecent, said Wednesday he will not leave over-the-air radio for satellite and that his show will air in nine more markets.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2004 12:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Singin' the summer concert blues</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/25/news/newsmakers/summer_concerts/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/25/news/newsmakers/summer_concerts/index.htm</guid><description>The summer concert season is looking a bit sickly these days, and not just because Britney Spears has a bum knee.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stern broadcaster fined record $1.75M</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/09/news/fortune500/clear_fine/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/09/news/fortune500/clear_fine/index.htm</guid><description>Clear Channel Communications Inc., the biggest owner of U.S. radio stations, agreed Wednesday to pay a $1.75 million fine to settle indecency complaints related to shock jocks such as Howard Stern.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2004 17:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bull hesitation seen</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/09/markets/stockswatch/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/09/markets/stockswatch/index.htm</guid><description>U.S. stocks looked to open lower Wednesday as investors didn't appear quite ready to reaffirm the bullishness in the first half of the trading week.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2004 09:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clear Channel CEO hospitalized</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/05/04/news/fortune500/clearchannel/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/05/04/news/fortune500/clearchannel/index.htm</guid><description>Clear Channel Communications disclosed Tuesday that Chairman and CEO Lowry Mays was hospitalized for brain surgery Friday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2004 11:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Face Off</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/05/03/368533/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/05/03/368533/index.htm</guid><description>Indecency is out! The FCC hit aging shock jock Howard Stern with nearly $500,000 in fines, prompting Clear Channel to remove his show from six stations. And Victoria's Secret is scrapping its TV fa...</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2004 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Donald is getting married -- again</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/04/29/news/newsmakers/donald/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/04/29/news/newsmakers/donald/index.htm</guid><description>He's got the money, new fame from his hit reality TV show, and now Donald Trump is getting a wife.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2004 15:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Advertising support</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/04/12/commentary/mkcommentary/sivy/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/04/12/commentary/mkcommentary/sivy/index.htm</guid><description>Among Monday's earnings announcements were contrary results from Gannett and the New York Times. Gannett, the publisher of USA Today, reported a 10 percent gain in first-quarter results, while the Times' profits fell 15 percent.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2004 20:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clear Channel yanks Stern from 6 stations</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/04/08/stern.clearchannel/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/04/08/stern.clearchannel/index.html</guid><description>Howard Stern was permanently booted Thursday from six stations owned by Clear Channel Communications, the nation's largest radio chain, after the Federal Communications Commission announced that it would impose a $495,000 fine on the company for indecent content aired on his show.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2004 21:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clear Channel nixes Howard Stern</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/04/08/news/fortune500/stern_fines/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/04/08/news/fortune500/stern_fines/index.htm</guid><description>Indecent material broadcast on Howard Stern's radio show may cost six Clear Channel stations a total of $495,000, the Federal Communication Commission said Thursday, prompting the radio chain to drop Stern's show from six stations.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2004 21:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Can Howard Stern boost satellite radio?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/03/11/technology/techinvestor/lamonica/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/03/11/technology/techinvestor/lamonica/index.htm</guid><description>Will the self-proclaimed King of All Media help bring satellite radio from the fringes to the mainstream?</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Should your ad go here?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/03/04/technology/business2_ads/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/03/04/technology/business2_ads/index.htm</guid><description>In front of a Macy's entrance at the Westfield Shoppingtown in Paramus, N.J., Sally Russell, a 40-something shopper with bags in one hand and coffee in the other, looks ready to drop.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2004 20:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Talk with Your Mouth Full</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/03/01/363884/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/03/01/363884/index.htm</guid><description>Clear channel, the 1,225-station radio behemoth, isn't usually considered a friend to small businesses. But at least one, Grand Management of St. Paul, loves it. The restaurant group, with $40 mill...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2004 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Should Your Ad Go Here? Live-action advertising has reached the ultimate destination: walking distance from the cash register.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/03/01/363551/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/03/01/363551/index.htm</guid><description>In front of a Macy's entrance at the Westfield Shoppingtown in Paramus, N.J., Sally Russell, a 40-something shopper with bags in one hand and coffee in the other, looks ready to drop. She plops dow...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2004 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Howard Stern suspended for indecency</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/02/26/wbr.stern.suspended/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/02/26/wbr.stern.suspended/index.html</guid><description>From Wolf Blitzer Reports' Jennifer Coggiola in Washington:</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2004 22:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A shock to radio profits?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/02/26/news/companies/shock_jocks/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/02/26/news/companies/shock_jocks/index.htm</guid><description>As Congress and the FCC turn up the heat on obscenity and indecency on the air, investors have to ask if defanging radio shock jocks will produce a shock to broadcasters' bottom line.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bringing order to e-mail marketing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/01/08/fortune.ff.email.order/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/01/08/fortune.ff.email.order/index.html</guid><description>I generally dislike Clear Channel for their too-tight control of live entertainment, but I nonetheless like to get e-mails from the company because they tell me about concerts I may want to attend.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2004 22:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Investment talk spurs Sirius</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/01/06/technology/sirius_stake/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/01/06/technology/sirius_stake/index.htm</guid><description>Shares of Sirius Satellite Radio rallied again Tuesday afternoon, topped the Nasdaq most active list amid speculation that companies may be looking to take a stake in the subscription radio firm.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2004 17:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Music, Sweet Music</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/07/01/344691/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/07/01/344691/index.htm</guid><description>Summer concerts are a blast, but waiting in line to score tickets--and shelling out megabucks--isn't. So Clear Channel Entertainment, which sells 70% of all summer concert tickets in the U.S. and o...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2003 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Numbers</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/05/01/341951/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/05/01/341951/index.htm</guid><description>ECONOMY Look Who's Hiring </description><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2003 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Where There's Smoke, There's Ire</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/03/31/340097/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/03/31/340097/index.htm</guid><description>Which big corporations will take the fall for the nightclub fire  in West Warwick, R.I., where almost 100 people died? The club burned down in February after a pyrotechnic display by the band Great...</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2003 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Bad Boys of Radio Lowry Mays and sons made             enemies building Clear Channel into an empire. Now they want         </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/03/03/338343/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/03/03/338343/index.htm</guid><description>Lowry Mays is the Big Daddy of radio. The founder and CEO of Clear Channel, Mays oversees 1,233 radio stations with some 100 million listeners across all 50 states, and runs a company with $8 billi...</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2003 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Media Giants Cry 'Gimme Shelter'</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/04/15/321434/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/04/15/321434/index.htm</guid><description>There's the standard path to media moguldom (buy a network, amass a stable of magazines). Then there's the route the Decaux family took. Build a lot of bus shelters and self-cleaning public toilets...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2002 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Backstage Brawl In the fight no one else wanted to             take on, a tiny concert promoter is defending its turf           </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/03/04/319099/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/03/04/319099/index.htm</guid><description>Jesse Morreale was gearing up for the Van's Warped Tour, a punk-rock concert that appeared in Denver last summer. Morreale's 25-person company, Nobody in Particular Presents (NIPP), had been promot...</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2002 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Backstage Brawl IN THE FIGHT NO ONE ELSE WANTED TO             TAKE ON, A TINY CONCERT PROMOTER IS DEFENDING ITS TURF           </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2002/02/01/317792/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2002/02/01/317792/index.htm</guid><description>Jesse Morreale was gearing up for the Van's Warped Tour, a punk-rock concert that appeared in Denver last summer. Morreale's 25-person company, Nobody In Particular Presents (NIPP), had been promot...</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2002 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Radio Free America?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/10/15/311555/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/10/15/311555/index.htm</guid><description>While TV networks broadcast round-the-clock coverage of the terrorist attacks, some radio stations reportedly took a different approach: pruning their play lists. Shortly after Sept. 11, radio stat...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2001 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Satellite Killed The Radio Star Two upstarts, Sirius and XM, plan to rock the radio world. Will their satellite-based service be</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/01/22/295563/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/01/22/295563/index.htm</guid><description>One month ago, Sirius Satellite Radio launched its third satellite into space from the Soviet Union's once secret Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. As any space historian knows, Baikonur is where ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2001 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Where Companies Rank In Their Industries Here's how             executives, directors, and securities analysts rate 504         </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/02/21/273874/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/02/21/273874/index.htm</guid><description>FINANCIAL INDUSTRY Merging with Travelers doesn't hurt Citicorp, which as Citigroup is No. 1 in money center banks. 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Admit it, if someone had told you to buy radio s...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2000 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>THE BEST LI'L BROADCASTER IN TEXAS YEE-HAW!</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/08/19/215629/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/08/19/215629/index.htm</guid><description>Meteorologists blame the insufferable heat in San Antonio this summer on a stalled high-pressure system, yet there's another possible source of the torridity, in a modest office park north of town....</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 1996 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>