Clear Channel announced these days that music, entertainment along with media executive John Sykes can join the company in the freshly created role of President, Clear Channel Entertainment Enterprises. He will report to Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman.
In his brand new position, Sykes will use the unrivaled assets of Clear Channel – including its 238 trillion monthly broadcast radio audience members, the 141 million people the idea reaches with Outdoor in america and the 374 million internationally, as well as the more than 75 million regular monthly listening hours for its electronic digital properties – to develop new business organisations for the company across a range of media, including television along with live events, as well as produce value for Clear Channel advertisers and key companions. Sykes’ new group will work closely with Clear Channel Media and Entertainment CEO John Hogan and his team as well as Clear Channel Outdoor, both in America and internationally.
Sykes has performed leadership roles at a amount of major brands across the music, leisure and media spectrum, such as President of VH1, President regarding Network Development for MTV Networks, CEO of Infinity Broadcasting (now CBS Radio), President of Champion Entertainment, President of Chrysalis Records and as an agent at the Creative Artists Agency (CAA). He was also a central member of the original team that created MTV.
“John’s experience along with relationships in so many sectors of the entertainment and mass media business make him the perfect option to lead this new effort,” said Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman. “He has one of the most diverse entertainment careers – coming from being on the original team that created MTV to re-launching VH1, taking care of major music artists, running a important radio group and even being a Hollywood agent – as well as a track record of working with talent along with entertainment properties in modern ways. In this role, he’s completely positioned to create new resources and increased value for advertisers and strategic companions, using both our unrivaled reach and the creativity of our people at the local, national and international levels.”
“Clear Channel has a unique relationship with this audiences, who have a deep devotion to our brands and rely on us to bring them progressive and creative media and leisure experiences,” said Sykes. “I’m looking forward to dealing with the impressive teams across the company to tap Clear Channel’s unique marketing and promotional capabilities across a variety of mass media and platforms to serve our consumers, the music industry, advertisers and our key proper partners in additional and important ways,” said Sykes.
After spending a new combined 21 years in MTV Networks and Viacom, Sykes has become affiliated with the Pilot Group, a private equity and enterprise firm, since 2008. During his tenure, Sykes worked on the restructuring regarding MGM studios as well as digital properties including Playlist.com and Shazam Mobile, where he serves as a table member. He joined Clear Channel in a consultant function in early 2011 and labored on a number of projects, including helping the National Programming Platforms group that created the record-setting iHeartRadio Music Festival, the company’s first-ever national live tunes event, featuring 21 industry-leading performers, streamed live to millions on the internet televised on VH1.
Sykes also acts on the boards of the Robin Hood Foundation, the Good ole’ Hall of Fame, Undertaking RED, VH1 Save the Music along with Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communications.
About CC Media Holdings, Inc.
CC Media Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: CCMO) is one of the primary global media and leisure companies specializing in radio, electronic digital, out of home, mobile along with on-demand entertainment and information services for local communities and providing leading opportunities for advertisers.
With 238 million monthly listeners inside U.S., Clear Channel Media and Entertainment gets the largest reach of any r / c or television outlet in America. Clear Channel Media along with Entertainment serves 150 cities through 850 owned rock radio stations. It also includes Clear Channel Digital, which develops and works iHeartRadio, the free, industry-leading digital r / c product that combines access to all the company’s live broadcast and digital-only r / c with user-created Custom Stations, along with develops the companion digital products for each radio station brand name; Premiere Networks, which syndicates 90 radio programs and providers to more than 5,000 radio station affiliates; Total Traffic Network, a ground-breaking encoding and technology service providing real-time traffic data directly to vehicles and radio stations, in more when compared with 100 metropolitan markets in four countries, including the U . S ., Canada, Mexico, and New Zealand; and Katz Media Group, which is the largest media representation agency in the U.S. addressing more than 2,600 r / c and 400 television stations.
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO), is one of the world’s largest outdoor advertising companies with all-around one million displays in around 40 countries across five continents, including 49 in the 50 largest markets in The USA, offers many types of displays over its global platform to meet the advertising needs of its customers. This includes a growing electronic digital platform that now offers around 750 digital displays over 37 U.S. markets. Clear Channel International are operating in nearly 30 countries over Asia, Australia and The European Union in a wide variety of formats along with operates over 3,Five hundred municipal advertising contracts throughout the world as reported tagza.com.
