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- Clear Channel Communications Cuts Code 84 Percent, Speeds Interface 400 Percent
- The software that Clear Channel Communications executives used to optimize and obtain ad rates was increasingly difficult to troubleshoot and extend to meet business needs. In response, the company is creating a new version using the latest Microsoft technologies. With the new solution, the code base has shrunk by 84...
- Tags: Advertisement, Clear Channel Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Case studies 2008-04-01
- Why is Google afraid to buy Clear Channel?
- Why is Google afraid to buy Clear Channel?And this, folks,......is why Donna Bogatin is not the CEO of a successful multi-billion-dollar corporation.Google knows better...Google knows better... Radio is not dead, but radio advertising will merge soon with the online media. So, why get greedy in a field that will be...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Google Inc., Google Knows, Clear Channel Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-17
- Why is Google afraid to buy Clear Channel?
- Google’s announcement of its radio ad sales brokerage agreement to resell less than 5% of number one radio station operator Clear Channel’s inventory came at a bad time, just days after Google declared its $3.1 billion all cash intended takeover of the Internet display business via DoubleClick.How so? While Google...
- Tags: Wall Street, Video, Radio, Google, Advertising, YouTube, Venture Capital, VC, Microsoft
- Blog posts 2007-04-17
- Why Google will NOT rule the world!
- Google has billions to spare, but not unlimited billions. As of Friday, its cash reserves took a $3.1 billion hit, with an IOU to DoubleClick to “substantially reduce competition in the advertising market on the Web,” in the perhaps soon to be immortal words of Microsoft general counsel, Bradford...
- Tags: Advertising, Radio, Microsoft, Google
- Blog posts 2007-04-16
- Google partners with Clear Channel Radio
- In a multi-year agreement, Google has been given access to a "a portion" of Clear Channel Radios the largest radio station group owner in the United States ad inventory. The deal reaches more than 675 of the networks stations, but it is not clear exactly now much inventory has...
- Tags: Google AdWords, Google
- Blog posts 2007-04-16
- Google Radio: Can Clear Channel REALLY save it?
- Google Radio: Can Clear Channel REALLY save it?What about spot production?AdWords and AdSense ads are just a few words, anybody can write them in a couple of minutes. Producing radio spots is not a DIY project. How is Google Audio handling spot production?
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Google Radio, radio, Clear Channel Communications Inc., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-16
- Google Radio: Can Clear Channel REALLY save it?
- dMarc Broadcasting founders bailed their own company a year after Google acquired it in a prospective billion dollar plus “earn out,” undoubtedly believing there would be no billion dollars to be had for them under the Google Radio initiatives. Google Audio Ads is still a “test,” as Google Print...
- Tags: Radio, Google Ads, Google
- Blog posts 2007-04-16
- Major Media Company Puts the "Team" Back in Software Development
- Clear Channel Communications, a Fortune 500 media company, owns more than 1,200 radio and TV stations across the United States and 750,000 billboards worldwide. The company's Enterprise Application Development group lacked a standard development methodology, formal software testing, and requirements authoring standards. In addition, the group missed project deadlines because...
- Tags: Software, Media Company, Team, Software Development, Clear Channel Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp., Team Management, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Marketing
- Case studies 2007-04-01
- Clear Channel Radio 'blinks': New 1 second micro-ad radio spots tested
- Clear Channel Radio 'blinks': New 1 second micro-ad radio spots testedadvertising idiocyDo the wonks in media advertising realize that the more of this cute Tshi they do the more we become immune to their real advertisements? I can ignore most blather on the radio and tv now. This...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, radio, New 1, radio spot, Clear Channel Radio, advertisement, Clear Channel Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-06-21
- Clear Channel Radio 'blinks': New 1 second micro-ad radio spots tested
- While Eric Schmidt, Google CEO, is musing about the day when in-car radio ads will speak personally to him about his needs, Clear Channel Radio is testing new radio micro-ad formats to “reach the consumer with touch points that are new and surprising.”One second “blink” radio demo spots are being...
- Tags: Clear Channel Communications Inc., radio
- Blog posts 2006-06-19
- Clear Channel switches on first multicast stations
- Clear Channel switches on first multicast stationsYeah, boy howdy:"One of the biggest challenges facing the new HD stations is finding an audience."Yep, with your fare consisting of "disco, Hispanic, gospel, 'urban oldies,' country and traditional jazz," it's like trying to market Gerber as [i]haute cuisine[/i].
- Tags: Clear Channel Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-01-19
- Advertisers see static in radio's future
- Advertisers see static in radio's futureWhy pay for something you can get for free?"Why would you pay for something you get for free?" asked John Hogan, CEO of Clear Channel's radio business, echoing a mantra heard throughout the radio industry.Ummm ... because sat radio has MANY more genres of music...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, radio, Clear Channel Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-12-02
- Most popular online radio stations: Yahoo! Music, AOL Radio, Clear Channel
- In June 2005 online radio listeners favored Yahoo! Music, AOL Radio Network and ClearChannel Online Radio, which competed heavily with combined Microsoft properties - MSN Radio and WindowsMedia.com. Microsoft still won over Clear Channel by the number of users, connected to the radio streams simultaneously, with Yahoo! remaining undisputed leader...
- Tags: radio
- Blog posts 2005-10-05
- Yahoo to push Clear Channel concerts
- Yahoo to push Clear Channel concertsThe same entity whose 'news' reports are less than credible, yes?I gave up on them as a proper news source a long time ago.Another potential antitrust targetClear Channel is reputed to use their radio marketshare (they typically buy as many stations as legally permitted in...
- Tags: Corporate law, Advertising & Promotion, Clear Channel Communications Inc., Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-07-08
Additional Resources
- EIC podcast: Microsoft's analyst meeting; Icahn's deal; Facebook
- On this week's EIC squared podcast, Dan is back and we talk about Microsoft's analyst meeting, Kevin Johnson's departure from the software giant, Carl Icahn's deal with Yahoo and Facebook. The big news this week was Microsoft's financial meeting (see Mary Jo Foley and Ina Fried's coverage)...
- Tags: Facebook, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Dan, Podcasts, Portals, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Gateway stops selling PCs direct
- Gateway, one of the early PC makers that sold their wares direct, said Friday it will sell its systems completely through channel partners and retailers. The company, now a part of Acer, said shifting to a channel-based distribution model will simplify its business and cut costs. ...
- Tags: Gateway Inc., PC, Acer Inc., Retail, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Scrabble-Scrabulous standoff spells L-A-W-S-U-I-T
- Hasbro said it has filed suit in the Southern District of New York against Rajat Agarwalla, Jayant Agarwalla, and RJ Softwares, better known as the creators of the popular Facebook application Scrabulous. It was only a matter of time before the Scrabble-Scrabulous feud came to a head, and that...
- Tags: Facebook, Hasbro Inc., Games, Intellectual Property, Personal Technology, Research & Development, Business Operations, lawsuit, Scrabulous, Hasbro, Tom Magrino, GameSpot
- News items 2008-07-25
- 10 essential gadgets for students
- I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come with a recommendation, whereas others don't; things like laptops and cell phones can't be selected for everybody, it'd be ridiculous...
- Tags: Headphone, Phone, Cell Phone, Laptop Computer, Lecture, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...
- Tags: Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Google's $10M, no, $100M Android Challenge
- So does Google have anything up its sleeve, when it comes to the Android mobile communications platform? It better have. Because expectations keep getting lowered. And Apple keeps raising the ante, at least in getting attention for new mobile applications. According to a Forbes.com...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Google Inc., Phone, Mobile, Android, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
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