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Transfers at Clear Channel in Dispute

A hedge fund is accusing a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications Inc. of improperly moving $656 million to its debt-laden parent, which is owned by private-equity giants Bain Capital Partners and Thomas H. Lee Capital Partners.

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Another Day, Another AOL Exit

Tim Castelli, AOL’s SVP of sales for the Eastern region, is leaving the New York-based Internet portal to take a job at Clear Channel Media and Entertainment as EVP of digital sales. Castelli is one of many AOL execs who have headed out the door recently.

The Internet Hasn’t Killed the Radio Star: Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman’s Full Dive Into Media Interview

The guy who helped build MTV, then AOL, is now running a radio giant in an Internet age. Why?
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Clear Channel’s Bob Pittman on Facebook, Ryan Seacrest and More (Video)

The Clear Channel CEO and former AOL executive takes to the D: Dive Into Media stage to make the case that radio still matters.
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Radio Is Social, Says Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman

Radio whiz Bob Pittman talks about remaking Clear Channel, and fending off Pandora in the process.
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Game On! ESPN’s New Boss, John Skipper, Debuts at D: Dive Into Media.

Time to introduce another D: Dive Into Media speaker, and this one’s very timely: The first onstage interview with the new head of cable TV’s MVP.
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Hollywood Meets Silicon Valley, Up Close and Personal: YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar Comes to D: Dive Into Media

North meets South, tech meets content, and the rest of the world gets a rare opportunity to meet one of Google’s most important — and least known — players.
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More Moguls for D: Dive Into Media — Clear Channel, Legendary Pictures and Vevo Join the Cast

Heavyweights from radio, Hollywood, and Web video join a star-studded roster for All Things Digital‘s first-ever media conference: Bob Pittman, Thomas Tull and Rio Caraeff come aboard.
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AOL’s Biz Dev SVP and Strategy Chief Heads to Spotify

Top AOL dude abandons ship to head to hot music start-up.
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Spotify Lands a Biz Dev Guy: Clear Channel’s Gerrit Meier

The streaming music company has a U.S. deal and a fire hose of traffic from Facebook. Next up: More revenue.
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