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Clear Channel Communications Inc.

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Madonna News! Madonna News!

    ​No, she's not going to do a movie of Cleopatra set in the Detroit cheerleading community. Or start a weight-loss pilattes regimen for women over 50 called Reductives. And no, she's not going away any time...ever!

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    Sound Of The City's 11 Clickiest Posts Of 2011

    We're about to close up shop here until 2012, and what better way to send out the year that birthed trollgaze than to run down the 11 posts on Sound of the City that generated the most pageviews over the course of the past 52 weeks? Enjoy this look back on the psyche of our readers, and have a happy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    What The Lineup For Clear Channel's iHeartRadio Music Festival Says About Radio Formats In 2011

    Lady Gaga.​Today the radio behemoth Clear Channel announced a festival celebrating the relaunch of its online service iHeartRadio, which currently allows listeners to tune into the chain's terrestrial-radio outlets from all over the country (as well as about 150 digital-only stations) and whic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Jack E. Jett Axed For "Jacking His Cock"

    ​Radio host Jack E. Jett--a friend of this blog--was axed after he made a remark that included the phrase "jacking my cock" in an interview with a blogger. Ironically, the remark was designed to tell people how thorough and professional he is. ("I don't just go in and talk on the mic while jac ... More >>

  • News

    August 12, 2008

    New York City's Struggle to Take Down Illegal Billboards

    City government and citizen vigilantes wage a losing battle against Clear Channel and illegal ads

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2008

    What Does it Take To Turn NYC Bike Friendly?

    City government and citizen vigilantes wage a losing battle against Clear Channel and illegal ads

  • Voice Choices

    June 17, 2008

    LIVING WITH THE LIVING

    Pearl Jam, meet Ted Leo

  • Music

    August 28, 2007

    Learning to Fly Solo

    Canadian rock stars alternately please crowd, themselves

  • Music

    March 6, 2007

    Gimme "Indie" Rock

    Another payola settlement promises us better, braver radio. Let's not get too excited just yet.

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2007

    Corp v. Comptroller: Dodging the Question

    Another payola settlement promises us better, braver radio. Let's not get too excited just yet.

  • Music

    September 5, 2006

    Comfort Music

    (Or, Some Songs That Won't Really Make It All Better, But Might Help Get You Through the Next Hour)

  • Music

    May 9, 2006

    The Out-of-Towners

    Fred Anderson takes free jazz to Chicago's South Side, Odean Pope takes Philly to heaven

  • Music

    March 21, 2006

    So Sick

    Biz bites the kids that feed it as radio battles everybody

  • Music

    January 31, 2006

    Holiday Outta Cambodia

    Khmer joints buzz hard-to-reach airwaves, stumble through language barriers

  • Music

    August 30, 2005

    Last Stand at CBGB

    War all the time: Punks and councilmen fight for their landmark

  • Music

    August 16, 2005

    The Other Foot

    The FCC sweeps Eliot Spitzer's payola findings under the rug

  • News

    June 21, 2005

    For Sale: City Sidewalks

    A billion-dollar city deal looms, and the French are leading the pack

  • Screens

    March 1, 2005

    Sound Logic Now

    What follows Clear Channel, file-sharing, podcasting, and satellite radio? Online alt-promotion

  • Columns

    December 21, 2004

    Best and Worst of Sex 2004

    From Hollywood to the Ballet, the Year In Sex Gets Mixed Reviews

  • Music

    November 23, 2004

    Music

    From Hollywood to the Ballet, the Year In Sex Gets Mixed Reviews

  • Film

    November 16, 2004

    Racial tensions and feminist stirrings from Mali to Maine

    From Hollywood to the Ballet, the Year In Sex Gets Mixed Reviews

  • News

    October 5, 2004

    Bleep This!

    Howard Stern, rule-breaker, heads for the land of no rules

  • Music

    August 17, 2004

    Pay to Play

    Getting bucks from different heads of the music-biz hydra

  • Music

    August 17, 2004

    A Little Number Eric Idle Wrote While Out Duck Hunting With a Judge

    Getting bucks from different heads of the music-biz hydra

  • News

    August 17, 2004

    Cuisine de Clink

    Planning to protest the RNC? Fine dining awaits you at the city's swankiest prisons

  • Theater

    August 17, 2004

    Low Blood Count

    Is that an undead corpse biting our collective necks, or just another corporation at work?

  • Music

    July 6, 2004

    Live Dead

    Concert biz endures summer; Clear Channel screws bands

  • Music

    June 22, 2004

    Lollapalost

    Where to catch your favorite bands now that the big show is canceled

  • News

    April 20, 2004

    Decently, Kill the Muslims

    Speech The FCC Won't Touch

  • News

    April 13, 2004

    Indecent Exposure

    Really F-word-deleted brilliant: If anyone gets annoyed by anything, it's profane!

  • News

    March 16, 2004

    Michael Powell's Balls

    Really F-word-deleted brilliant: If anyone gets annoyed by anything, it's profane!

  • NYC Life

    February 17, 2004

    Changing channels: Clearing the way of media control

    Really F-word-deleted brilliant: If anyone gets annoyed by anything, it's profane!

  • NYC Life

    December 30, 2003

    New York Radio

    Left of the Dial

  • Theater

    September 30, 2003

    Nein, 9-11

    Recipe for disaster: Write a play capitalizing on a disaster while purporting to explain it

  • Music

    July 22, 2003

    Fuck Emo Let's Fight

    Sensitive Young Boys Learn How to Scream and Slam

  • News

    July 1, 2003

    Wheelin' and Dealin'

    Sensitive Young Boys Learn How to Scream and Slam

  • Music

    June 10, 2003

    Music

    Sensitive Young Boys Learn How to Scream and Slam

  • Music

    May 27, 2003

    The South Does It Again, Sort Of

    Rap Trounces Rock Below the Mason-Dixon

  • Music

    May 20, 2003

    Music

    Rap Trounces Rock Below the Mason-Dixon

  • Music

    April 29, 2003

    Sign on the Dotted Void

    Peppy Songs With Hooks and Beats—the New Underground Craze!

  • Music

    April 15, 2003

    Music

    Peppy Songs With Hooks and Beats—the New Underground Craze!

  • News

    April 1, 2003

    Bush's Voice of America

    Pro-War Media Conglomerate Tries to Take Over New York

  • Music

    March 11, 2003

    Music

    Pro-War Media Conglomerate Tries to Take Over New York

  • Music

    December 17, 2002

    Dollywood Bollywood

    Pro-War Media Conglomerate Tries to Take Over New York

  • Music

    November 26, 2002

    Heaven, Hell, and Jersey

    Pro-War Media Conglomerate Tries to Take Over New York

  • NYC Life

    October 29, 2002

    Hip-Hop Hooray

    Pro-War Media Conglomerate Tries to Take Over New York

  • Music

    June 4, 2002

    Music

    Pro-War Media Conglomerate Tries to Take Over New York

  • Music

    December 25, 2001

    Livin' on a Prayer

    Pro-War Media Conglomerate Tries to Take Over New York

  • News

    September 25, 2001

    And the Banned Play On

    Widespread Panic Hits the Radio

  • News

    July 24, 2001

    Bright Young Thing

    How Michael Powell Rose From GOP Obscurity to a Shot at Becoming the First Black President

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