Company: IHETW
Filing Date: 2025-11-10
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001628280-25-051036
Chunk: 111

Company: iHeartMedia, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-10
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
Chunk 111
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, including, without limitation, our future operating and financial performance, financial position and results of operations, macroeconomic trends including inflation, interest rates and potential recessionary indicators, anticipated income tax benefits from the OBBBA, our expected costs, savings and timing of our modernization initiatives and other capital and operating expense reduction initiatives, debt repurchases, our business plans, strategies and initiatives, potential acquisitions and dispositions, our expectations about certain markets and businesses, our expectations regarding the seasonality of our business, expected cash interest payments, future impairment charges and our anticipated financial performance and liquidity. Statements expressing expectations and projections with respect to future matters are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We caution that these forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties and are subject to many variables which could impact our future performance. These statements are made on the basis of management’s views and assumptions, as of the time the statements are made, regarding future events and performance. There can be no assurance, however, that management’s expectations will necessarily come to pass. Actual future events and performance may differ materially from the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements. We do not intend, nor do we undertake any duty, to update any forward-looking statements.

A wide range of factors could materially affect future developments and performance, including but not limited to:

•risks associated with weak or uncertain global economic conditions and their impact on the level of expenditures for advertising; 

•risks related to advertising revenue fluctuations;

•intense competition including increased competition from alternative media and entertainment platforms and technologies; 

•dependence upon the performance of on-air talent, program hosts and management as well as maintaining or enhancing our brand; 

•fluctuations in operating costs and other factors within or beyond our control; 

•technological changes and innovations; 

•shifts in population and other demographics;

•the impact of our substantial indebtedness; 

•the impact of acquisitions, dispositions and other strategic transactions; 

•legislative or regulatory requirements, including a prolonged federal government shutdown;

•the impact of legislation, ongoing litigation or royalty audits on music licensing and royalties;

•regulations and consumer concerns regarding privacy and data protection, and breaches of information security measures; 

•risks related to scrutiny of environmental, social, and governance matters;

•risks related to our Class A common stock; 

•regulations impacting our business and the ownership of our securities; and 

•certain other