Clear Channel announced today that music, entertainment and 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 zillion monthly broadcast radio listeners, the 141 million people the idea reaches with Outdoor in the United States and the 374 million internationally, plus the more than 75 million month to month listening hours for its digital camera properties – to develop online businesses for the company across a selection of media, including television and live events, as well as produce value for Clear Channel advertisers and key partners. Sykes’ new group will work carefully with Clear Channel Media and Entertainment CEO John Hogan and his team as well as Clear Channel Outdoor, both in The United States and internationally.
Sykes has enjoyed leadership roles at a quantity of major brands across the music, enjoyment and media spectrum, which include 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 and relationships in so many industries of the entertainment and media business make him the perfect choice to lead this new initiative,” said Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman. “He has one of the most different entertainment careers – through being on the original team that created MTV to re-launching VH1, taking care of major music artists, running a considerable radio group and even as being a Hollywood agent – in addition to a track record of working with talent and entertainment properties in new ways. In this role, he’s completely positioned to create new resources and increased value for the advertisers and strategic partners, using both our unrivaled reach and the creativity in our people at the local, countrywide and international levels.”
“Clear Channel has a unique relationship with this audiences, who have a deep loyalty to our brands and have confidence in us to bring them modern and creative media and enjoyment experiences,” said Sykes. “I’m looking forward to utilizing the impressive teams through the company to tap Clear Channel’s unique marketing and marketing capabilities across a variety of media and platforms to serve our consumers, the music industry, companies and our key tactical partners in additional and meaningful ways,” said Sykes.
After spending any combined 21 years in MTV Networks and Viacom, Sykes may be affiliated with the Pilot Group, a private equity and opportunity 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 part in early 2011 and handled a number of projects, including supporting the National Programming Platforms team 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 and televised on VH1.
Sykes also serves on the boards of the Robin Hood Foundation, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Venture RED, VH1 Save the Music and Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communications.
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Using 238 million monthly listeners inside the U.S., Clear Channel Media and Entertainment gets the largest reach of any stereo or television outlet in The USA. Clear Channel Media and Entertainment serves 150 cities through 850 owned rock radio stations. It also includes Clear Channel Digital, which develops and functions iHeartRadio, the free, industry-leading digital stereo product that combines access to all the company’s live broadcast and digital-only r / c with user-created Custom Stations, and develops the companion ebooks for each radio station model; Premiere Networks, which syndicates 90 radio programs and services to more than 5,000 radio station affiliates; Total Traffic Network, a ground-breaking programming and technology service providing real-time traffic data directly to autos and radio stations, in more when compared with 100 metropolitan markets in four countries, including the United States of America, Canada, Mexico, and New Zealand; and Katz Media Group, which is the largest media representation company in the U.S. addressing more than 2,600 r / c and 400 television programs.
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO), is one of the world’s largest outdoor advertising companies with all-around one million displays in above 40 countries across five continents, including 49 from the 50 largest markets in The US, offers many types of displays throughout its global platform to fulfill the advertising needs of the company’s customers. This includes a growing digital camera platform that now offers above 750 digital displays throughout 37 U.S. market segments. Clear Channel International are operating in nearly 30 countries throughout Asia, Australia and The European countries in a wide variety of formats and operates over 3,Five hundred municipal advertising contracts worldwide as reported tagza.com.