6-20-13
This week, during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France, Clear Channel executives held a special VIP dinner with advertisers as the company continues to pitch advertisers on the unique capabilities of radio. Telling advertisers the story of radio has been a theme of Bob Pittman's ever since he became part of the company. The gathering in France was more than a party as the Clear Channel sales and marketing team held advertiser meetings throughout the week to continue to tell radio's story.
Clear Channel's Bob Pittman, John Hogan, and MediaLink CEO Michael Kassan hosted a party at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc. fun. and Michael Bubl? ended the evening with a first-time collaboration performance of Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds." Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman told USA Today, "It was a big, expensive event but it's worth the money. An affair like this allows Clear Channel employees to mingle with clients and potential clients, and gives them the ability to show off our capabilities to do good events."
Guests included Sean "Diddy" Combs; Nas; Ariana Huffington; Kim Armstrong; Desiree Gruber; Ira Barkoff, Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP; Michael Roth, CEO of IPG; and an array of other business leaders and advertising partners.
Pictured here are Peter Gray from Warner Bros Records; Tim Castelli, President of National Sales, Marketing and Partnerships, Clear Channel; John Hogan, CEO of Clear Channel; Tom Poleman, President of National Programming Platforms, Clear Channel; artist Michael Bubl?; Bob Pittman, CEO, Clear Channel; John Sykes, President of Entertainment Enterprises, Clear Channel.
(6/21/2013 11:31:25 AM)
Think big and act big and advertisers will look at you the same way. Radio is a big league player! Good for Clear Channel! The entire industry needs to follow this leadership example. It is long overdue.
(6/21/2013 11:31:02 AM)
Think big and act big and advertisers will look at you the same way. Radio is a big league player! Good for Clear Channel! The entire industry needs to follow this leadership example. It is long overdue.
(6/20/2013 9:56:00 AM)
While Clear Channel drowns in $20 Billion of debt, loses $200+ every fiscal quarter, chops employees commissions & salaries and layoffs great people, these Bozos insist on hob-nobbing on the French Riviera - sipping wine and eating cheese - on the company dime. What is wrong with this picture? It seems criminal to me! What a boondoggle: The rest of the company can't even order promotional items because of lack of budget and these guys are flying in Michael Buble to entertain themselves. What a bunch of bullsh#t!!
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