Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, a division of CC Media Holdings, Inc. (CCMO) announced that well-known political strategist and lawyer Nathan Daschle is joining the company as Executive Vice President or EVP for Political Strategy, effective immediately.
Commenting on this new position, the company said Daschle will develop and oversee a Washington, D.C.-based team that will focus on working with political and issue advertisers and advertising agencies to develop custom strategies and campaigns that leverage the unique reach and power of Clear Channel Media and Entertainment.
He will lead efforts to fully utilize Clear Channel's unmatched national reach and local activation through its radio, digital, mobile and outdoor assets, as well as its event capabilities, to provide political and issue advertisers targeted, effective, affordable and powerful ways to deliver their messages, the company stated.
Daschle will report to Clear Channel Media and Entertainment Chairman and CEO John Hogan. He joins Clear Channel from Ruck.us, a social network that connects politically like-minded people so they can share ideas and take action, where he is founder and CEO.
The company noted that prior to Ruck.us, Daschle was the Executive Director of the Democratic Governors Association or DGA from 2007 to 2010, where he managed a $50 million annual budget and a staff of more than 20 people.
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