CLEAR CHANNEL : Outdoor Appoints Michael Chico to Senior Vice President - National Sales Group
04/27/2011 | 09:05am
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO), today announced
the appointment of Michael Chico to Senior Vice President - National
Sales Group, effective immediately. Chico will be responsible for
elevating national sales efforts, focusing on timely, flexible and
innovative multi-market out-of-home campaigns. He reports to Rocky
Sisson, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and will be
based in CCO's New York office.
"With advancements in digital technology and Eyes On, the industry's new
measurement tool, out-of-home is gaining a larger share of advertising
spending," said Sisson. "I am delighted to have an executive of
Michael's caliber driving our national sales objectives, as his dynamic
leadership capabilities and well-established relationships in the
industry will be crucial in the overall growth of the National Sales
Group. I am confident that under Michael's leadership, the Group will
continue on its growth trajectory and execute on our strategic plan."
Previously, Chico served as Executive Vice President of Advertising
Sales and Marketing for Screenvision Cinema Networks, where he was
responsible for all of the company's revenue which includes on-screen
advertising, mobile and texting platforms, lobby kiosks and scanners,
digital signage and more. His prior positions included Executive Vice
President of Advertising Sales for Madison Square Garden, Senior Vice
President of East Coast Sales for the NBC Television Stations and he
held a variety of leadership roles within the Walt Disney Company,
including ABC owned television stations, ABC New Media Sales and ESPN.
Chico earned a B.S. in Business Administration from Ramapo College in
Mahwah, New Jersey.
About Clear Channel Outdoor
Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE:CCO) is the world's largest outdoor
advertising company with close to one million displays in 45 countries
across 5 continents. In the United States, the company operates over
200,000 advertising displays and has a presence in 48 of the top 50
Designated Market Areas. It also operates airport, rail, and mall
advertising businesses worldwide. Its Spectacolor (U.S.) and DEFI
(international) divisions are the global market leaders in spectacular
sign displays, including in New York's Times Square. Clear Channel
Adshel is the company's international street furniture division, which
operates over 3,500 municipal advertising contracts worldwide. Clear
Channel Outdoor also operates digital displays and networks in most of
its divisions. More information may be found by visiting www.clearchanneloutdoor.com.
Certain statements in this release constitute "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the
actual results performance or achievements of the Company to be
materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

Clear Channel Communications
Lisa Dollinger, 210-832-3348
lisadollinger@clearchannel.com
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Brainerd
Communicators, Inc.
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