iHeart Ups Fasbender To EVP/General Counsel

• iHeartMedia, Inc. Deputy General Counsel Jordan Fasbender been promoted to Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, effective January 1, 2021. She will succeed Paul McNicol, who plans to retire at the end of 2021 and will remain with the company as Executive Vice President, providing counsel to the company’s senior management and ensuring a seamless transition. In her new role, Fasbender will oversee all legal functions for iHeartMedia’s divisions and multiplatform assets, while continuing to oversee the company’s government affairs, business affairs, compliance, regulatory and governance functions and will be responsible for operations and transactions, securities, intellectual property, litigation and privacy.

Fasbender will report to Bob Pittman, Chairman and CEO of iHeartMedia, Inc. and Rich Bressler, President, COO and CFO of iHeartMedia, Inc. “Jordan is a proven and effective leader whose extensive legal, corporate governance and media and entertainment industry expertise makes her the perfect person to succeed Paul McNicol as our General Counsel,” said Pittman. “We look forward to Jordan taking on this new leadership role and joining the executive leadership team as we continue our momentum as the number one audio company in the U.S.”

Pittman continued, “Paul McNicol has played an integral role in iHeartMedia’s successful transformation from a traditional media company to a 21st century media company. We appreciate Paul’s steady hand, expert guidance, insight and advice; his strong leadership through our financial restructuring and emergence process; and his leadership through a number of strategic acquisitions and growth initiatives for the company. We’re grateful that he will continue to work closely with us as Executive Vice President.”

Fasbender joined iHeartMedia in July 2019 from Twenty-First Century Fox where she most recently served as SVP & Associate General Counsel. Commenting on her enhanced role, Fasbender said, “I’m proud to take on this new role at iHeart as the company continues to lead the audio space in a variety and new and innovative ways. I’m grateful to have the opportunity to have had the opportunity to work with and learn from Paul, and I look forward to continuing to work with our partners, our impressive array of assets and platforms and our talented legal team to lead our legal efforts as iHeart continues to flourish.”