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Agreement between Clear Channel and Wind-up Records Enables Artists to Share in Digital and Broadcas
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Agreement between Clear Channel and Wind-up Records Enables Artists to Share in Digital and Broadcast Radio Revenue
One Of The Largest Independently-Owned Labels and the Country’s Leading Media Company Ink Deal to Further the Development of a New, Sustainable Business Model for the Digital Radio Industry
Wind-Up Artists Include Evanescence, Creed, Seether, Five for Fighting, O.A.R., Filter, Finger Eleven, Civil Twilight, Jillette Johnson, Young Guns, The Virginmarys, Aranda and The Darkness
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Clear Channel Media and Entertainment and Wind-up Records, one of the largest independently-owned record labels, today announced an agreement in which the companies will share both digital and broadcast radio revenue streams. Clear Channel is America’s leading media company in America with a greater reach than any other radio or television outlet.
Founded in 1997, Wind-up Records has successfully launched a number of multi-platinum rock artists, including Evanescence, Creed, Finger Eleven, and Seether, and has further built the careers of Five for Fighting, O.A.R. and The Darkness, among others. Wind-up has garnered seven multi-platinum albums, including Creed’s diamond-certified Human Clay, and seven gold albums. Earlier this year, Wind-up signed Filter, whose sixth album, The Sun Comes Out Tonight, is scheduled for release June 4, 2013. In addition to these marquee acts, Wind-up has scouted and developed several award-winning emerging artists, such as Civil Twilight, Young Guns, The Virginmarys, Aranda and Jillette Johnson.
“Wind-up has an impressive roster of established and up-and-coming artists, due in large measure to its collaborative, supportive artist development process, and we’re excited to partner with them,” said Bob Pittman, CEO of Clear Channel. “This agreement demonstrates that market-based solutions can enhance the future growth of digital radio – and benefit artists, labels, and listeners as well.”
“Wind-up at its essence is an artist development company,” said Wind-up’s Chief Executive Officer Edward Vetri. “This partnership with Clear Channel will provide us a new and innovative platform to make our artists’ music more accessible to their fans. We believe growing digital radio is critical to artist development and are excited to be aligned with Clear Channel in its digital radio strategy.”
Clear Channel‘s market-based agreement with Wind-up follows several …read more
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The iHeartRadio Ultimate Pool Party Presented by Visit Florida Returns to Fontainebleau's BleauLive
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The iHeartRadio Ultimate Pool Party Presented by Visit Florida Returns to Fontainebleau’s BleauLive for Year Two
Event Will Feature Performances by Pitbull, Ke$ha, Afrojack, Icona Pop and Krewella
More Than 120 Clear Channel Stations Across the Country Will Participate in National On-Air and Online Promotion
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– iHeartRadio, Clear Channel‘s industry-leading digital radio service, and the legendary Fontainebleau Miami Beach today announced the return of the iHeartRadio Ultimate Pool Party presented by Visit Florida, a two-day musical weekend on June 28-29, 2013 as part of the Fontainebleau’s BleauLive concert series. The weekend will feature performances at Fontainebleau by popular recording artists Pitbull, Ke$ha, Afrojack, Icona Pop and Krewella.
To promote the event, Clear Channel will launch a national on-air and online promotion across more than 120 of its mainstream and rhythmic contemporary hit radio (CHR) and Electronic Dance Music (EDM) stations beginning April 8. Seven winners will be chosen each weekday through May 17, and more than 200 packages, which include roundtrip airfare, two night hotel accommodations for two and access to all the weekend events, will be given away through a text-to-win contest.
The event will kick off Friday, June 28, with a Welcome Party at the resort’s legendary pool. The festivities will continue on Saturday with an all-day pool party featuring performances by Icona Pop and Krewella. The weekend event will culminate in a live concert that evening featuring Pitbull, Ke$ha and AfroJack.
“We continue to create pop culture events and connect our listeners across America to the music they love and The iHeartRadio Ultimate Pool Party is yet another great example of that,” said Tom Poleman, President of National Programming Platforms, Clear Channel Media and Entertainment. “Last year’s event was a huge success and we’re looking forward to delivering yet another unforgettable experience for our listeners.”
“Fontainebleau Miami Beach continues its legacy of bringing top performers to the historic property with the return of The iHeartRadio Ultimate Pool Party,” said Philip Goldfarb, President and COO, Fontainebleau Miami Beach. “Fontainebleau’s BleauLive once again sets the bar for entertainment destinations by providing outstanding resort-wide experiences for guests.”
For details on how to purchase your way into the Ultimate Pool Party complete with oceanview accommodations, general admission tickets and much more, visit BleauLive.com or call 1.800.548.8886.
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The iHeartRadio Music Festival – The Biggest Live Concert Event in Radio History – Returns to MGM Gr
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The iHeartRadio Music Festival – The Biggest Live Concert Event in Radio History – Returns to MGM Grand in Las Vegas in 2013
Clear Channel and Macy’s Partner Again for the Return of the “Macy’s iHeartRadio Rising Star,” Giving Emerging Artists a Chance to Perform at the Iconic Two-Day Music Event
Voting for the Next Rising Talent Begins Monday, April 1
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, the leading media company in America with a greater reach than any radio or television outlet, today announced the return of its historic, two-day, star-studded music event – the iHeartRadio Music Festival. Back for its third consecutive year, the iHeartRadio Music Festival will return to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on September 20 and 21, 2013. Clear Channel also announced today its continued partnership with Macy’s, the famed department store with over 800 locations nationwide, to bring back Macy’s iHeartRadio Rising Star, a campaign designed to spotlight America’s emerging musicians and find one lucky artist or group to perform at the iconic iHeartRadio Music Festival.
The Macy’s iHeartRadio Rising Star campaign, back for its second year, will again conduct a nationwide search for new music. Clear Channel‘s industry experts and Macy’s have selected 25 up-and-coming musicians to present to fans across America, who will then vote for an emerging artist who will be given a chance to perform alongside music‘s biggest stars at the iHeartRadio Music Festival 2013 and at Macy’s Glamorama events this summer. Clear Channel listeners, iHeartRadio fans and Macy’s shoppers will select their favorite emerging talent and vote online at iheartradio.com/RisingStar or at iheartradio.com/Macys. The artist with the most votes will perform at the iHeartRadio Music Festival. Voting begins April 1 and will run through May 12.
“We are excited to once again partner with Clear Channel for the Macy’s iHeartRadio Rising Star campaign,” said Martine Reardon, Macy’s Chief Marketing Officer. “From up-and-coming fashion trendsetters to rising music talent, Macy’s has a long history of providing major platforms for the next generation of stars to shine. Macy’s iHeartRadio Rising Star is a fantastic way to engage our fans in …read more
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Clear Channel Attacks Pandora and Sirius XM
By Rick Munarriz, Munarriz, The Motley Fool
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No one expects the disrupted to be the disruptor, but that appears to be what terrestrial radio giant CC Media Holdings is doing today.
The parent company behind Clear Channel — the AM and FM behemoth with 850 radio stations attracting 243 million monthly listeners across the country — is beefing up its iHeartRadio app. The new “Add-Ins” feature lets listeners of iHeartRadio’s customized stations to have brief local news, weather, and traffic updates inserted into their streams.
In other words, you now have as many as three fewer reasons to listen to Clear Channel‘s traditional radio stations if you have smartphone in a newer model car that allows Bluetooth streaming.
It’s a bold move for Clear Channel to get ahead of the trend, even if it means sacrificing its own business.
Burning your own boats is naturally a risky strategy, but it has paid off handsomely before. Netflix was the country’s leading DVD rental service, but that didn’t stop the video service from taking the lead in the video-streaming revolution. It’s a strategy that played out nicely for Netflix. It now has more than 33 million streaming subscribers worldwide, and that’s roughly twice as many DVD-based accounts it had at its peak.
Clear Channel‘s move will raise the stakes for Pandora and Spotify, and it may even challenge Sirius XM Radio for dashboard attention.
After all, Sirius XM and its lesser terrestrial radio peers have always had the advantage of live content. Sirius XM benefits from its ability to pay up for premium programming, setting itself apart from the music-centric Pandora and Spotify. Traditional radio stations offer local perspectives that even Sirius XM can’t match outside of its traffic and weather updates for major metropolitan markets.
The beauty of Add-Ins is that it’s not just about the local perspective. Add-Ins can be customized. Someone that isn’t hitting the open road may not care about traffic. Someone staying in may not care about the weather. Not everyone cares about local news headlines.
Yes, iHeartRadio’s biggest threat will be to Clear Channel‘s own stations, but the move ultimately raises the bar for Pandora, as the rival free ad-supported service and other premium digital platforms will need to offer more to remain competitive.
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iHeartRadio Introduces Local News, Traffic and Weather "Add-Ins" to Its Custom Stations
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iHeartRadio Introduces Local News, Traffic and Weather “Add-Ins” to Its Custom Stations
“Add-Ins” To Offer Users More Convenience and Control Over Their Personalized iHeartRadio Listening Experience
AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)– iHeartRadio, Clear Channel‘s all-in-one digital radio service, today announced Add-Ins, a new feature of its Custom Stations, which will offer users more convenience and control over their personalized digital listening experience. Beginning today, the new “Add-Ins” feature will enable iHeartRadio listeners to insert short local news, weather and traffic updates into their Custom Stations when listening online.
iHeartRadio, which provides instant access to more than 1,500 of the nation’s most popular live broadcast and digital-only radio stations from across the country, plus Custom Stations inspired by favorite artists and songs, will now offer a geo-targeted news and information experience. “Add-Ins” brings another level of personalization to listeners’ Custom Stations by allowing users to add local news, traffic and/or weather via regular updates into the listening experience. This new feature will leverage Clear Channel‘s extensive national network of more than 850 stations in 150 markets and utilize its unmatched radio resources to provide listeners with a custom experience they can’t find anywhere else. iHeartRadio’s ability to utilize Clear Channel‘s broadcast resources allows users to receive localized information based on their current location or choose to receive updates from hundreds of markets across the country while listening to the music they love. Once enabled in Account Settings, “Add-Ins” will automatically pinpoint the listener’s location — or users can set an alternate location by entering a zip code under the manual “Add-Ins” settings.
“Clear Channel‘s best-in-class infrastructure and local content resources now allow iHeartRadio users to get timely local updates in a way no other digital radio service can replicate,” said Brian Lakamp, President of Digital, Clear Channel Media and Entertainment. “With iHeartRadio’s new ‘Add-Ins’ feature, listeners can choose to stay connected to their hometown, get easy updates on their work commute and know whether or not they should take an umbrella when they leave the house.”
Add-Ins is now available on iHeartRadio.com, with iPhone, Android and other platforms coming soon.
iHeartRadio is the fastest digital service to reach 20 million registered users in internet history — and registered users are only a percentage of iHeartRadio’s overall listeners, since registration is only required for the Custom Station feature. iHeartRadio continues to be the No. 1 digital radio service and also includes a number of other groups such as Univision, Cumulus, Greater Media stations, WNYC, EMF’s Contemporary Christian Air1 and KLove stations, college radio, Cox, Emmis, Salem and …read more
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Clear Channel and Entertainment One (eOne) Announce Agreement to Share Digital and Broadcast Radio R
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Clear Channel and Entertainment One (eOne) Announce Agreement to Share Digital and Broadcast Radio Revenue with Artists
Agreement Between Fastest-Growing Independent Music Group and America’s Leading Media Company Further Builds a New, Sustainable Business Model for the Digital Radio Industry
eOne, the Largest Independent Music Distributor in North America, to join Clear Channel’s Group of Pioneering Record Label Partners
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, the leading media company in America with a greater reach than any other radio or television outlet, and Entertainment One (eOne), the fastest-growing independent music company in the U.S., today announced an agreement to share revenue from digital and terrestrial radio.
eOne Music produces, distributes, licenses and promotes some of the world’s top music across a range of genres including rock, rap, classical and country. The label’s diverse music library boasts more than 45,000 tracks from artists including DJ Drama, Faith Evans, Pop Evil, Jake Miller, Black Label Society, Joe Budden, and many others. Since its inception, eOne Music has charted more than 100 albums on Billboard’s Independent Chart, more than any other American independent label.
“eOne and Clear Channel both passionately believe that ensuring a thriving and diverse music industry requires creative thinking, and the willingness to knock down barriers,” said Michael Koch, CEO of eOne Music. “This agreement is great for us and for Clear Channel, but ultimately the fans and artists benefit most.”
“Innovative partnerships like this support a robust and sustainable model for our industry, where artists, fans, labels, distributors, radio and fans all prosper,” said Bob Pittman, CEO of Clear Channel. “In eOne, we have found a partner with an extraordinary range of successful music who understands this and the immense value terrestrial and digital radio provide to artists, labels, and the industry at large.”
Like Clear Channel‘s recent agreements with six other record labels, the arrangement will help build out a sustainable digital radio industry. Clear Channel‘s agreement with eOne follows several recent, similar agreements, including Big Machine Label Group, Glassnote …read more
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