
iHeartMedia
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iHeartMedia, Inc., or CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is the holding company of iHeartCommunications, Inc., formerly Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a company founded by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs in 1972, and later taken private by Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners in a leveraged buyout in 2008.
Key facts
- Company.name
- iHeartMedia, Inc.
- Company.logo
- IHeartMedia Logo.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 250px
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.traded_as
- (Class A Common Stock)
- Company.hq_location_city
- San Antonio, Texas
- Company.hq_location_country
- U.S.
- Company.key_people
- Bob Pittman (chairman and CEO)Rich Bressler(president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer; CEO, Multiplatform Group)Conal Byrne(CEO, Digital Audio Group)
- Company.operating_income
- US-$797.3 million (2023)
- Company.net_income
- US$1.10 billion (2023)
- Company.assets
- US$6.95 billion (2023)
- Company.equity
- US-$384 million (2023)
- Company.num_employees
- 10,800
- Company.products
- Bauer Media Outdoor UKBlack Information NetworkClear Channel OutdoorClear Channel UKEvolutionHowStuffWorksiHeartRadioMediabasePremiere NetworksRadio Computing ServicesTriton DigitalThe Volume
- Company.divisions
- iHeartMedia (sans "Inc." suffix; formerly Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, Clear Channel Radio, et al.)
- Company.homepage
- iheartmedia.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Company
IHRT, IHRTB, IHETW- Industry
- Radio Broadcasting Stations
- Exchange
- Nasdaq, OTC, OTC
- Entity type
- operating
- Latest filing
- 8-K · 2026-06-04
via SEC EDGAR
Official website
iHeartMedia, Inc.
America's #1 Audio Company - Reaching 9 out of 10 Americans every month
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Encyclopedic overview
51 sectionsContents
- History
- 20th century
- 21st century
- Businesses
- Radio
- Radio acquisitions
- Outdoor advertising
- Television
- Former Clear Channel-owned stations
- Music charts
- News and information
- Worldwide
- Bicycle rental systems
- Vertical Real Estate
- Programming
- iHeartRadio
- Alternative stations
- Hip-hop, Rap, R&B and rhythmic stations
- Smooth jazz
- Dance and EDM
- Talk radio
- News/Talk stations
- Progressive talk
- All-News
- Black Information Network
- Sports talk stations
- Adult standards
- Adult contemporary
- Contemporary hit radio
- Country music
- Classic Hits/Oldies
- Rock
- Spanish
- Religious
- Specialties
- Criticism
- Market share
- September 11, 2001
- Live music recordings
- Indecency zero tolerance
- Concerts
- Production of local programming
- Lack of local staff during emergency
- Rejection of advertising images
- Censorship
- Use of paid actors posing as callers
- iHeartMedia and rock radio
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
We are iHeartMedia. -------------------
* **iHeartMedia is the #1 audio company** in the United States. * Reaching **9 out of 10 Americans** every month - a quarter of a billion monthly listeners. * **Greater reach than any other media company in the U.S.**
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