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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 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 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 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 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). |
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 June 5, 2001 Eric Boehlert |
The "Bootylicious" gambit Can a hot new single from Destiny's Child help Columbia Records crack the indie promoters' control of pop radio? |
Salon.com August 6, 2001 Eric Boehlert |
More waves in the radio business Is corporate behemoth Clear Channel behind the latest shakeup? |
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 March 27, 2002 Eric Boehlert |
Washington tunes in Critics accuse Clear Channel of shady radio deals and nasty concert business. Now the government is starting to pay attention... |
Salon.com April 3, 2001 Eric Boehlert |
Fighting pay-for-play Sources in the music industry call for a federal clampdown on the new payola... |
Salon.com July 24, 2001 Eric Boehlert |
Payola City In the wild world of urban radio, money buys hits -- and nobody asks questions... |
Salon.com August 7, 2002 Eric Boehlert |
The empire strikes back As the music industry's "pay-for-play" scandal deepens, the big five record labels try to crush the expanding power of the dreaded indie promoters. |
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 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. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
Live, at Wharton, Music Man Ron Delsener Ron Delsener made history by co-producing the landmark outdoor Beatles concert at Forrest Hills, N.Y., in 1964, and along the way virtually created the live summertime music genre. It proved to be an ingenious concept. |
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. |
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 June 15, 2001 Eric Boehlert |
Are the Backstreet Boys at the end of the road? The one-time teen sensations are getting hit by slumping ticket sales and a dearth of radio airplay... |
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. |
The Motley Fool August 9, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Live Nation Looks to Climb the Charts The concert-venue leader is growing but struggling. Investors, this stock likely belongs at the bottom of your watch list. |
Salon.com June 27, 2000 Eric Boehlert |
The summer of (slightly less expensive) love Thanks to the likes of Limp Bizkit, Pearl Jam and Britney Spears, concert prices are coming down. So why are those damn ticket fees still going through the roof? |
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. |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2010 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Sirius XM's Fab Move Satellite radio will celebrate a huge milestone with a famous Beatle. |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Music's 2010 Overture If traditional radio and the major record labels want to matter in five years, they better make some changes. |
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. |
Salon.com July 19, 2001 Eric Boehlert |
What's wrong with the music biz? Napster's out of the picture, but for the first time in a decade, album sales are down -- and ticket sales are sagging too... |
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 January 22, 2008 Anders Bylund |
"Rock Band" Leads Us Into a Brave New World Only available for a scant eight weeks, and then only in North America -- video game Rock Band has already racked up 2.5 million paid downloads of additional songs/game levels. |
The Motley Fool July 11, 2011 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Does Clear Channel Have a Shot at Pandora and Sirius XM? Clear Channel takes a viral -- and vital -- shot at entrenched radio darlings with its iHeartRadio app. |
BusinessWeek January 8, 2007 Tom Lowry |
Music To The Street's Ears Live Nation has lots of fans, but those old acts can't rock forever. |
BusinessWeek October 29, 2007 Jon Fine |
Leaving Record Labels Behind Musicians are looking for an alternative. Their managers may be the answer. |
The Motley Fool January 11, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Music for the Masses Sony, the fourth and final major music label to offer downloadable tunes in the unshackled MP3 format, will be available in the virtual aisles of Amazon.com later this month. |
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. |
BusinessWeek May 1, 2006 Tom Lowry |
From Vanilla To Full Metal Racket Clear Channel is racing into the Digital Age with an array of high-def niche channels. |
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. |
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 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 November 21, 2011 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Sirius XM Hops On the Crazy Train The satellite radio monopoly warms up to Ozzy Osbourne. |
Salon.com December 19, 2001 Eric Boehlert |
Music industry in the pits! Record sales are down, no one's seeing concerts, no one's advertising on radio and the stars are revolting... |
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 April 29, 2005 Seth Jayson |
The Value of Clarity Clear Channel Communications looks to deliver for shareholders. |
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 July 30, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Will Internet Radio Always Be Free? If it wants to charge for Web access, Sirius XM faces an uphill battle. |
Fast Company September 2006 Dan Daley |
When the Music's Over After blowing up the recorded-music industry's business model, technology is now targeting live music. After-show media puts the concert in your pocket. |
The Motley Fool July 7, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Last Big Radio Deal It may be all downhill for Rush Limbaugh, Howard Stern, and the rest of the broadcasting world's talk show stars. |
AskMen.com Greg Yates |
How To: Become A Recording Artist - Part II Advise on getting a record deal and becoming a professional recording artist. Learn about marketing, distribution, legal representation, management, and most importantly, record labels. |
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. |
BusinessWeek March 24, 2011 Ronald Grover |
Making Public Radio a Little More Private A group of media investors, seeing a way to thrive without federal funds, is looking to acquire local stations in Southern California. |