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iHeart Radio 2.1 (Mobile)

Bookmark your favorite station, view album art, and get lyrics to your favorite songs. iHeart Radio also includes the critically acclaimed genre defying erockster, Pride Radio, programming by and for the Gay community, Smooth Jazz, featuring deep cuts and classic smooth jazz hits, AT40 with Ryan Seacrest and some of...

Tags: Station, Mobile, Clear Channel Communications Inc., Broadcasting

Software downloads 2009-06-29

Clear Channel Outdoor Simplifies Targeted Advertising, Shows Clients the "Real Picture" With Google Maps API Premier

Clear Channel Outdoor - Plakanda AG CCO is the Swiss subsidiary of Clear Channel Outdoor Holding, one of the world's leading outdoor advertising companies. Companies who are planning to take advertising measures want to make sure that their advertising reaches the target groups which they are aiming for. Clear Channel...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, API, Google Maps, Clear Channel Communications Inc.

Case studies 2009-05-17

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

Leapfrogging Dell, Everdream and salesforce.com

Fellow ZDNet blogger Josh Greenbaum is not a fan of salesforce.com. He believes the company is over-hyped, egomanical and expensive for partners. In contrast, Everdream, recently acquired by Dell, is a model SaaS company for partners, he said. In his recent blog post Josh wrote: .....I believe...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Dell Computer Corp., Partnership, Platform, Everdream Corp., Josh Greenbaum, Sales Force Management, Business Structures, Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales, Finance, Emerging Technologies, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-11-30

Will defendant Google bite the copyright infringement bullet?

GOOGLE HEADS: YouTube seized the opportunities digital technology provides to obtain creative works legally. GOOGLE TAILS: YouTube sought its fortunes by brazenly exploiting the infringing potential of digital technology.Which way will the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York $1 billion ‘coin toss” fall?On September...

Tags: Network technology, TVs, YouTube Inc., Digimarc Corp., Google Inc., DWM, Bruce Davis

Blog posts 2007-03-13

Google: Radio star or bit player?

I got the inside scoop from Google last week on its official launch of radio ads. Google’s Q3 earning conference did not mention radio or dMarc Broadcasting, so I asked Google “What’s up” with radio. Google AdSense for Radio, Google Audio Ads… Google has been changing the name of...

Tags: Business Models, Media, Advertising, Google, Google Software Applications, Google Inc., radio

Blog posts 2006-11-10

FoxNews takes credibility hit after disclosure on anti-ODF commentary

FoxNews takes credibility hit after disclosure on anti-ODF commentarySerously FoxCome on Fox i am a fan of your news, but dont go agianst opensource it really is for the people not just for the people who make money selling software, those people arent the mom and pop shops any more...

Tags: Fox, Pendergast, Greg Gianforte, FoxNews

Discussion threads 2005-10-13