Wednesday, July 24, 2013

iHeartRadio adds new talk format, dials up competition with streaming-only services

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Rihanna performs at The IHeartRadio festival in Las Vegas


Clear Channel, the country's largest broadcast radio company, has told anyone who will listen from the tech sector its traditional radio is not intimidated by streaming music services such as Spotify, iTunes radio, or even Pandora.


"The internet is proving to be an opportunity for us," said Brian Lakamp, president of Clear Channel Digital and the man running iHeartRadio, Clear Channel's web radio service. The company has big plans to expand its online offering, and today announced it is launching a test version of a new platform called iHeart talk. One feature enables users to record and post their own talk shows to the website and potentially be promoted alongside the...


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