Darren Davis Announces Retirement
• We want to extend our most sincere best wishes to Darren Davis, Chief Operating Officer of iHeartMedia’s Digital Audio Group, who announced his upcoming retirement, effective Jan. 1, 2022, after having spent his entire three-decade career with the company.
The big news was shared with the staff in a joint memo from iHeartMedia Chairman & CEO Bob Pittman and Pres., COO & CFO Rich Bressler, which states, in part, “Anyone who knows Darren knows he has a deep love for iHeart and a true passion for our business and our success, and he’ll be continuing with the company as an advisor when he steps down as Chief Operating Officer next January.”
The memo continues, “Darren first joined our WASH-FM in Washington, DC as a programming team intern in 1992, and in essence has grown up through our organization — continually taking on new roles and more responsibility and becoming a critically important contributor as part of our senior team. Now, after almost 30 years with iHeart, Darren is looking forward to spending more time on a variety of other projects he’s passionate about, including real estate development, local community projects and traveling with his family. Although his day-to-day operating expertise will be missed, we appreciate all he’s done for our company and are very pleased that he will continue his association with us, albeit on a more limited basis.”
In closing, the memo states, “Darren will remain active in his role through the end of the year, and he will be working closely with Conal Byrne, CEO of our Digital Audio Group, through the balance of 2021 to continue our momentum and to effectively organize the Digital Audio Group for the future. We know you will join us in thanking Darren for his many contributions to building iHeart, and in wishing him the best of luck on this new path!”
RAMP caught up with Davis, who commented, “I’m iHeart’s biggest fan, and while I’m relaxing and doing some other things, I’ll be cheering for the team to keep doing awesome things at iHeart. And I’m thrilled to stay on as an advisor too. So many great people, and such amazing brands.”
