MTV FOUNDER BOB PITTMAN TO HEAD CLEAR CHANNEL

MTV founder Bob Pittman, who went on to become president and COO of AOL in its heyday, has been named CEO of Clear Channel Communications, which owns 850 radio stations. In recent years, as local advertising expenditures have dried up during the recession, Clear Channel has been operating in the red. In an interview with […]

MICHAELS’S CLEAR CHANNEL COHORTS AXED AT TRIBUNE

Several of ousted Tribune CEO Randy Michaels’s former colleagues from his radio days at Jacor and Clear Channel Communications are following him out the door of the media company. The Chicago Tribune reported on Tuesday that they include John Phillips, a former traffic reporter for Clear Channel, whom Michaels had brought on board as director […]