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Hi there, I'm Bob Pittman, Chairman and

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CEO of iHeartMedia. I'm excited

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to announce a brand new season of my podcast,

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Math and Magic Stories from the Frontiers

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of Marketing. It's coming on March

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thirtieth. If you've ever

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wondered what it takes to build a competitive brand

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from the ground up, You've come to the right place.

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I got my start in radio, went on to build MTV,

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have spent my life innovating and leading at

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companies like Aol, Time, Warner, America

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Online, Six Flag, Steam Parks, Cossa,

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Dragons, Tequila, and now full circle

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back to my first love, all things

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audio at iHeartMedia. But

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even with decades of leadership experience,

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I never assume I know everything. This

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podcast is my opportunity to learn

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from others and positions like mine and to

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let you in on their secrets. People who

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make big decisions with big consequences

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every day, like founder and CEO

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of Boom Supersonic Lake Seul, who

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didn't let them, they say, or stop him from resurrecting

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the dream of profitable supersonic

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aviation. Doesn't matter

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what you've already done. What matters more is what

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you can learn to do Goop founder

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and CEO Gwyneth Paltrow, who found

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the courage to unleash her business brain

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despite a list success in another

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field. So many people when I started

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were like, what the hell is she doing? Like

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she has this good day job, Like what is

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this? And Alan Grubman, beloved

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entertainment lawyer and long time

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trusted adviser to Bruce Springsteen, Madonna,

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and me, the best deals

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ever made are the deals

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where both parties walk

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away that one hundred

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percent happy. We're also hearing from

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Media Magnet Paris, Hilton, Radio

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Hall of Fame inductee Angela Yee,

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and many more. Through all my

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conversations, I'll be probing my guests

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for their use of what I believe are the

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two essential ingredients to success

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in business and marketing, the math

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and the magic. That's the analytics

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paired with the creative spark. And when

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those two things come together at

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the right moment, that's when things

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are magical. Listen to the

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new season of Math and Magic stories from

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the Frontiers and Marketing starting March

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thirtieth on our very own iHeartRadio,

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app, Apple Podcast, or wherever

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you get your podcast