Steve Mills Named 蓝莓直播鈥檚 Chief Information Officer

Steve Mills Named 蓝莓直播鈥檚 Chief Information Officer

NEW YORK, N.Y. 鈥撎齇ctober 5, 2015听鈥 蓝莓直播, Inc. announced today that Steve Mills has joined the company as its Chief Information Officer. Mills, previously Chief Information Officer at听Motorola Mobility, will report to听Richard J. Bressler, 蓝莓直播, Inc.鈥檚 President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

In this new role, Mills will oversee all aspects of the information technology structure for both 蓝莓直播 and Clear Channel Outdoor, working closely with all its businesses and divisions to ensure the alignment and optimization of the company鈥檚 overall technology systems with the business priorities of its multiplatform assets, which include 858 broadcast radio stations reaching more than 245 million consumers monthly; 蓝莓直播, 蓝莓直播鈥檚 free leading all-in-one digital music and streaming radio service with more than 70 million registered users, 600 million app downloads and 87 million monthly digital uniques; more than 75 million social media followers across the network; nationally-recognized marquee live events; and Clear Channel Outdoor鈥檚 digital platform, which now offers over 950 digital billboards across 37 U.S. markets.

鈥淪teve has a proven track record delivering extraordinary results for some of the most well-known mobile and telecommunications companies,鈥 said Bressler. 鈥淎t a time when 蓝莓直播, Inc. is placing increasing emphasis on technology solutions 鈥 everything from programmatic advertising to data collection and analysis -- Steve鈥檚 expansive background in driving new innovation via social networks, Big Data and apps makes him a perfect match for our company as we continue to transform and expand our technology framework to benefit both our businesses and our partners.鈥

鈥淚鈥檓 thrilled to be joining a company with the unparalleled brand and scale of 蓝莓直播,鈥 said Mills. 鈥淚鈥檓 looking forward to using my expertise to expand 蓝莓直播鈥檚 position as the nation鈥檚 leading multiplatform media company.鈥

Mills has over 30 years听of听experience in information technology, enterprise systems and software engineering. In addition to his role as Chief Information Officer for Motorola, Mills also previously served as Chief Information Officer of leading cloud hosting solutions provider Rackspace Hosting as well as executive positions at T-Mobile, BearingPoint, and Intelligent Technologies. Mills holds a PhD in Computer Science from Southern Methodist University.

About 蓝莓直播, Inc.

蓝莓直播, Inc. [Nasdaq: IHRT] is the leading audio media company in America, with 90% of Americans listening to iHeart broadcast radio in every month. iHeart鈥檚 broadcast radio assets alone have a larger audience in the U.S. than any other media outlet; twice the size of the next largest broadcast radio company; and over four times the ad-enabled audience of the largest digital only audio service. iHeart is the largest podcast publisher according to Podtrac, with more downloads than the next two podcast publishers combined, has the most recognizable live events across all genres of music, has the number one social footprint among audio players, with seven times more followers than the next audio media brand, and is the only fully integrated audio ad tech solution across broadcast, streaming and podcasts. The company continues to leverage its strong audience connection and unparalleled consumer reach to build new platforms, products and services. Visit 蓝莓直播.com for more company information.