Stop The Presses!

Yahoo And Clear Channel's iHeartRadio: Getting Together For You

By | Stop The Presses! – Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:00 AM EDT

Today marks an historic event in Yahoo! Music history--as we announce a new relationship with Clear Channel Media and Entertainment in which the distinguished media company will become the Yahoo! Media Network's premiere digital radio service, and provide our 167 million U.S. users with an unprecedented, greatly enhanced entertainment experience.

Listen to iHeartRadio now

Central will be the company's well-known iHeartRadio platform, which will offer users instant access to more than 1,000 of the nation's most popular live broadcast and digital-only radio stations, as well as user-initiated, commercial-free Custom Stations that tap into iHeartRadio's unrivaled catalog of more than 400,000 artists and 14 million songs.

Significantly, the deal also makes Yahoo! the exclusive web and mobile destination for fans looking forward to the 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival, scheduled to take place Sept. 21-22 at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. Additionally, Yahoo! will be Clear Channel's web and mobile live webcast partner for 11 more live events in the coming year.

What does this mean for Y! Music users? At the very least, an enhanced, comprehensive radio experience allowing users more diversity than ever before in hearing expertly curated, professional radio programming. Add to that the ability to create and save commercial-free Custom Stations featuring your favorite artists and similar music and you've got an all-in-one solution at your fingertips.

Further, our alliance with iHeartRadio will offer users unprecedented web access to one of the year's biggest musical events, one which typically features music's biggest and most influential talents--and this year's iHeartMusic Festival is just one of a series of wonderful events Y! Music will now be able to showcase.

We hope you've been watching what's been going on at Y! Music lately: More than ever before, Yahoo! is making a powerful commitment to music--and to music fans--and striving to bring the best entertainment has to offer to your web, mobile and home experiences.

Keep watching because there's more in store.

News for You

  • Actress Bynes accused of bong toss out NYC window

    NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Amanda Bynes appeared disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats Friday in a criminal court where she was charged with reckless endangerment after police said she heaved a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment.

  • Latest 'Bachelorette' won't say if she's engaged

    NEW YORK (AP) — ABC's newest "Bachelorette," Desiree Hartsock, says it's not hard to keep the details of her experience on the show a secret from her friends.

  • Takei says Cho good choice for latest 'Star Trek'

    SINGAPORE (AP) — Portraying USS Enterprise helmsman Hikaru Sulu in the latest "Star Trek" movie comes with big shoes to fill, but the man who played the part in the TV series and six films has given his blessing to the actor currently playing the role.

  • Jersey shore reopens for 1st post-Sandy summer

    SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey rolled out some of its big guns Friday to proclaim that the shore is back following Superstorm Sandy, using Gov. Chris Christie and the cast of MTV's "Jersey Shore" to tell a national audience the state is ready for summer fun.

  • Rare Superman comic found in house insulation

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It's considered the Holy Grail of comic books: Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, featuring the debut of Superman. And David Gonzales found one mixed in with old newspapers insulating a house he was renovating in a small town in Minnesota.

  • Actress Bynes arrested in NYC on marijuana charge

    NEW YORK (AP) — Police say actress Amanda Bynes has been arrested in midtown Manhattan after she heaved a marijuana bong out of a window.

Show More