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iHeartMedia
U.S. right-leaning
iHeartMedia is the largest U.S. radio station owner by both number of stations and revenue, operating roughly 860 AM/FM stations and the country's largest podcast network. It is publicly traded and emerged from bankruptcy in 2019 after creditors converted its massive debt to equity. Its talk radio programming is dominated by conservative and pro-Trump voices, giving its overall editorial output a right-leaning character even though the company is commercially — not ideologically — driven.
Owned byPublicly traded (NASDAQ: IHRT); largest single shareholder is Global Media Entertainment Investments Ltd (~24%); institutional investors including PIMCO, Franklin Templeton, and Fidelity collectively hold the majority of shares. CEO and chairman is Bob Pittman.
LeaningU.S. right-leaning
On the administrationbroadly supportive
3average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun