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        <title><![CDATA[iHeartMedia to slash $250M in costs under coronavirus crush]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Radio broadcasting giant <strong>iHeartMedia</strong> is aiming to cut $250 million in costs this year, including furloughs and pay cuts, as it looks to weather the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic</p><p>iHeart Chairman and Chief Executive Bob Pittman said in a Tuesday statement that iHeart&#8217;s senior management team and some other employees &#8220;voluntarily agreed to take meaningful reductions in compensation&#8221; during the downturn, although he didn&#8217;t give specifics.</p><p>“We want our shareholders to know that we have taken immediate and proactive steps to weather this crisis,” Pittman said, without specifying the magnitude of the cuts to come.</p><p>The San Antonio-based firm had already expected $50 million in savings related to a modernization initiative announced in February. It now anticipates an additional $200 million in operating expense savings for 2020 driven by the reduced compensation as well as furloughing of an unspecified number of employees “that are non-essential at this time,” the company said.</p><p>iHeart also estimated $100 million cash tax savings this year as a benefit from the CARES Act, as well as added savings from the suspension of its employee 401(k) matching program, as well as a hiring freeze and major reductions of consultant fees, and travel and other discretionary expenses.</p><p>“iHeartMedia believes that the major actions announced today — in combination with the company’s highly resilient capital structure — will substantially expand the company’s financial flexibility, provide sufficient liquidity to operate effectively even in an extended period of economic weakness, and position the company for a solid growth trajectory when advertising demand returns to normal levels,” iHeartMedia said.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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