iHeartMedia’s 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival Takes Home A Shorty Award For "The Best In Live Events"

iHeartMedia’s 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival Takes Home A Shorty Award For "The Best In Live Events"
 
Company Also Awarded Gold Distinction for Its Use of Social Media During The 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards
 
New York - ­ March, 23, 2016 - ­ iHeartMedia is excited to announce that the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival has been awarded the winner of the Eighth Annual Shorty Award for The Best of Social Media at a Live Event. In addition, the company's social engagement for the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards earned a Gold distinction as a finalist in The Shorty Awards Live Events category.
 
The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media usage and activation across the web. Each year millions of submissions for both individual influencers as well as organizations producing engaging content for fans on sites including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram and more are nominated for awards. "The Best in Live Events" Shorty Award category honors the best use of social media to elevate events including concerts, marches, rallies and meetups.
 
The 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival generated a record 6.5 billion social media impressions, putting the festival's social activity ahead of football's big game halftime show for the third consecutive year, by introducing unique and innovative new ways to engage both fans and artists across social platforms. The official hashtag #iHeartRadio trended No. 1 worldwide, No. 1 in the United States and across more than 80 cities. More than 10 topics trended locally, nationally and worldwide across Twitter throughout the festival weekend.
 
For more information on iHeartMedia's social activations visit shortyawards.com and select Best in Live Events.

About iHeartMedia, Inc.

iHeartMedia (NASDAQ: IHRT) is the number one audio company in the United States, reaching nine out of 10 Americans every month. It consists of three business groups.

With its quarter of a billion monthly listeners, the iHeartMedia Multiplatform Group has a greater reach than any other media company in the U.S. Its leadership position in audio extends across multiple platforms, including more than 860 live broadcast stations in over 160 markets nationwide; its National Sales organization; and the company’s live and virtual events business. It also includes Premiere Networks, the industry’s largest Networks business, with its Total Traffic and Weather Network (TTWN); and BIN: Black Information Network, the first and only 24/7 national and local all news audio service for the Black community. iHeartMedia also leads the audio industry in analytics, targeting and attribution for its marketing partners with its SmartAudio suite of data targeting and attribution products using data from its massive consumer base.

The iHeartMedia Digital Audio Group includes the company’s fast-growing podcasting business -- iHeartMedia is the number one podcast publisher in downloads, unique listeners, revenue and earnings -- as well as its industry-leading iHeartRadio digital service, available across more than 500 platforms and 2,000 devices; the company’s digital sites, newsletters, digital services and programs; its digital advertising technology companies; and its audio industry-leading social media footprint.

The company’s Audio & Media Services reportable segment includes Katz Media Group, the nation’s largest media representation company, and RCS, the world's leading provider of broadcast and webcast software.

Visit iHeartMedia.com for more company information.