{"id":633951,"date":"2026-04-27T11:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/633951\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T11:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:27:11","slug":"us-clears-iheartmedia-foreign-ownership-review-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/633951\/","title":{"rendered":"US clears iHeartMedia foreign ownership review \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"kdafxujcge-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/aiirjune\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kdafxujcge-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RTUKPackageDeal2.webp.webp\" alt=\"Aiir June 1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regulators in the United States have cleared a change to iHeartMedia\u2019s foreign ownership structure, confirming no national security review is required.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/WiseBuddah\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RadioToday-Small-Image-150x150-1.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The decision follows a filing linked to investors connected with Global through businessman Michael Tabor, allowing shares to be reorganised between related companies and additional individuals to be approved within the ownership chain.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities concluded the proposal did not raise concerns requiring escalation, after reviewing the application, prior filings and existing compliance arrangements with the US Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>The approval does not change how much of iHeartMedia the investor group can own, and their stake remains capped at 14.99 percent.<\/p>\n<p>It allows flexibility to move or manage shares internally without seeking fresh approval each time, but does not permit any increase beyond the existing limit.<\/p>\n<p>The wider foreign ownership position of iHeartMedia has already been approved at high levels across multiple investors, but individual groups remain restricted to prevent any single party gaining control.<\/p>\n<p>The move doesn\u2019t suggest a Global takeover is imminent, as that would require a separate process, including new regulatory approvals and likely a full national security review.<\/p>\n<p>This clearance simply removes a potential obstacle for a minority investor, rather than signalling any shift in control of one of the world\u2019s largest radio operators.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, Variety is reporting a potential merger between iHeartMedia and SIRIUSXM \u2013 read all about that, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/digital\/news\/iheartmedia-siriusxm-merger-talks-azoff-apollo-advising-1236730151\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Regulators in the United States have cleared a change to iHeartMedia\u2019s foreign ownership structure, confirming no national security&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-633951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}