Clear Channel Communications Inc., the home of conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, said it's interested in signing Howard Stern when the shock jock's contract with Sirius satellite radio expires. That would mark an about-face for the nation's largest radio chain, which yanked ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Debt-laden radio company Clear Channel on Monday said its outdoor unit completed raising $2.5 billion in the high-yield debt market, removing concerns about the company's short-term liquidity. Proceeds will be used to repay debt owed to Clear Channel. Private equity firms THL Partners <THL.UL> and Bain Capital together bought radio operator Clear ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Entertainment mogul Simon Fuller, the creator of TV contest "American Idol", on Wednesday announced a new, multimedia reality show distributed on the Internet, radio and social networking sites. Fuller, the man behind the money-spinning "Idol" pop singing contest, called his "If I Can Dream" venture "a new generation of post-reality entertainment." Launching in early 2010, it will ...

Billboard advertising company Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. said Thursday it will sell $750 million worth of senior notes through a subsidiary and use the proceeds to pay down $730 million in debt it owes to parent company Clear Channel Communications. Clear Channel ...