John D. Cullen

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John D. Cullen, 54, currently serves as chief executive officer of DMX, Inc., a company engaged in the provision of business media services, and as president of Andrew Harper, Inc., a high-end travel publishing and services firm. Prior to joining Capstar, Cullen had twenty-five years of experience in management and marketing including twenty-years of experience in Radio Sales, Sales Management, General Management and Senior Media Management. Most recently, Cullen served as a member of the Executive team with Clear Channel (NYSE:CCU) as President of the International Division and as the Senior Vice President for Clear Channel Radio. In this role he streamlined operations in all markets, developed and implemented systems and managed acquisitions for his divisions. Prior to joining Clear Channel, Cullen served as the President of the New Media division of AMFM (NYSE:AFM) where he supervised the Systems, Services and Technology initiatives for AMFM including Katz Media Group, Prophet Systems, Galaxy, Star Performance and StarSystems. Further, he re-engineered Television Representation Division producing an 86% increase in income in 2000. In the technology arena, he oversaw and secured buy-in for the development and installation of the Prophet digital audio system for all AMFM properties and continued sponsorship of the Galaxy unified Traffic, Billing, Inventory and Yield Management System. All of these systems have been adopted by Clear Channel and are now the standard for the surviving company. Prior to AMFM, Mr. Cullen served as the Chief Operating Officer of Capstar Broadcasting Partners (NYSE:CRB), successfully managing the then largest Radio broadcast company in the United States. The Company completed the acquisition and successful integration of stations in 75 markets preparing the Company for an Initial Public Offering. In 1998 the Company successfully completed the then largest Radio IPO in history. Capstar was unique to the radio industry as the Company developed the infrastructure for distributing content (StarSystems) and introduced collective contesting thereby reducing annual operating cost by an estimated $10,000,000 while simultaneously increasing ratings. The Capstar involvement stemmed from the results achieved in GulfStar Broadcasting where serving as President and CEO, the Company was transformed from a privately held eight-station group in 1996 into a $233,000,000 eighty-seven station asset by July of 1997. It was within the GulfStar organization that the then unique StarSystem content distribution was developed. Prior to 1996, Cullen held various management positions within SFX, Capstar, Cox and Sterling Communications.