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M & A Wed Jul 30, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clear Channel Communications, Inc. today announced the completion of a merger with an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CC Media Holdings, Inc., a corporation formed by a private equity group co-led by Bain Capital Partners.. Read More

M & A Wed Jul 30, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In connection with the completion of the merger with BT Triple Crown Merger Co., Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (“Clear Channel”) announced today the expiration and final results of its previously announced tender off.. Read More

M & A Thu Jul 24, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Radio operator Clear Channel Communications Inc (NYSE:CCU - News) shareholders on Thursday approved its $17.9 billion takeover by private equity funds Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL.UL) and Bain Capital. The vote ends a 20-mo.. Read More

M & A Sun Jul 6, 2008 @ 6:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - NBC Universal and buyout firms Bain Capital and Blackstone Group said on Sunday they agreed to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but sources familiar with the transaction.. Read More

M & A Thu Jun 12, 2008 @ 9:02am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (NYSE:CCU - News), a global leader in the radio broadcasting and out-of-home advertising industries, today announced that Clear Channel will hold a special meeting of its shareholders on Jul.. Read More

M & A Tue Jun 3, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- SILVER SPRING, Md., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Discovery Channel launched a unique, immersive marketing campaign for its landmark special series, WHEN WE LEFT EARTH: THE NASA MISSIONS, premiering Sunday, June 8 at 9 PM (ET/PT). The marketing campaign for WHE.. Read More

M & A Fri May 23, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Clear Channel Communications Inc. said the debt financing needed for its $17.9 billion sale to two private equity firms is in place, clearing one hurdle in the transaction's path. "Today's actions significantly increase the certainty.. Read More

M & A Sat May 17, 2008 @ 3:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Clear Channel Communications Inc. kicked off the week's biggest stories, following news that the radio and media company's stalled buyout was back on track. Clear Channel and buyout firms Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital had accus.. Read More

M & A Wed May 14, 2008 @ 6:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- A lot has changed in the year and a half since radio industry leader Clear Channel Communications Inc. struck a deal to go private. Credit markets seized up, radio advertising continued to falter and another radio buyout deal failed. All.. Read More

M & A Mon May 12, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Clear Channel Communications Inc. are surging on media reports that a revised deal has been reached to finance the radio and media company's buyout by Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital. The Wall Street Journal is reported.. Read More

M & A Sat Apr 26, 2008 @ 9:01am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York judge on Friday agreed to keep Clear Channel Communications Inc. out of a New York lawsuit concerning its stalled $19.5 billion buyout by a group of private-equity firms. That decision appears to keep alive a second deal-relat.. Read More

M & A Sat Mar 29, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Radio station operator Clear Channel Communications Inc., whose proposed multibillion dollar buyout by private investors is reportedly near collapse, spent $2.5 million in 2007 to lobby on the buyout and on other issues. Private equity.. Read More

M & A Fri Mar 28, 2008 @ 9:01am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (Reuters) - Radio broadcaster Clear Channel Communications Inc (NYSE:CCU - News) said on Friday its pending acquisition by several private equity firms may not close, even though the firms are ready to consummate the deal. In a filing with the.. Read More

M & A Thu Mar 27, 2008 @ 12:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (Reuters) - Clear Channel Communications Inc (NYSE:CCU - News) on Thursday said it won a temporary order from a Texas judge that prevents banks from reneging on their commitments to fund the $20 billion buyout of the radio operator. The decisio.. Read More

M & A Thu Mar 27, 2008 @ 9:00am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Clear Channel Communications Inc. said Thursday that a Texas judge has issued an order barring banks from taking steps that would "interfere or thwart" the closing of the proposed $19.5 billion buyout of the nation's biggest radio stat.. Read More

M & A Wed Mar 26, 2008 @ 6:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL Partners”) and Bain Capital Partners, LLC (“Bain Capital”) today filed complaints in the Supreme Court of the State of New York and the Texas State Court in Bexar County, Te.. Read More

M & A Tue Mar 25, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Shares of Clear Channel Communications Inc. plummeted in late trading Tuesday, following a report that the media company's private buyout is on the brink of collapse. Shares fell $1.89, or 5.5 percent, to end regular trading at $32.56.. Read More

M & A Sat Mar 15, 2008 @ 9:01am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Clear Channel Communications Inc. confirmed Friday it closed a sale of its television stations to Providence Equity Partners, ending months of contention over the deal. The agreement cuts the price for the 56 TV stations to about $1.1 bi.. Read More

M & A Sat Mar 15, 2008 @ 9:00am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. radio operator Clear Channel Communications Inc (NYSE:CCU - News) said on Friday it completed the sale of its television assets to Newport Television LLC, a company set up by Providence Equity Partners to make the acquisition, f.. Read More

M & A Sat Mar 15, 2008 @ 9:00am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- PROVIDENCE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Newport Television LLC, a holding company formed by Providence Equity Partners Inc., confirmed today that they have agreed to amended terms of the previously announced acquisition of Clear Channel’s Television Group by Newpo.. Read More