 RAIN 8/26: Clear Channel's digital chief Evan Harrison to leave at end of year ·Aug 26, 11:33 AM HARRISON LED LAUNCH OF iHEARTRADIO, MOBILE APPSClear Channel Radio EVP and digital president Evan Harrison will leave the company at the end of the year.
Harrison led the launch of Clear Channel’s online radio platform iHeartRadio in early 2008 (read RAIN‘s review here). In October 2008, the iHeartRadio app for iPhones and iPod Touches was released (here) and by the end of the month was the #1 free music app in the Apple App Store (here). iHeartRadio is also available for Android and BlackBerry phones. In 2009, Clear Channel said 22 million people were tuning in to their online streams and said this online audience added an extra 15% of listenership to some terrestrial stations (RAIN coverage here). By the end of the year, CC said its iHeartRadio mobile apps accounted for 10% of digital listening and expectations were that would double in 2010 (RAIN coverage here). Harrison joined Clear Channel in 2004, previously serving as VP/GM of AOL Music and AOL Radio. Find more coverage from Radio Ink here.
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He says the proposal is “really a way for radio to get an affordable and controlled Internet platform and get rid of the burdensome CRB and AFTRA restrictions.” The NAB’s proposal would cut streaming royalty rates by 10% In 20 years, Sutton predicts 80% of radio’s listening will come via the Internet, making digital gains like those found in the NAB’s proposal essential. “If we could 100% simulcast our stations’ audio on the Internet, that’s a game changer for terrestrial broadcasters…the reality is the radio industry was asleep when the streaming rates were set…now we have a chance to correct that mistake and provide ourselves a competitive footprint on the Net.” share: del.icio.us.  Reddit  Digg  Yahoo  Wink  Windows  Google  Newsvine 
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