John Halley

Chief Commercial Officer, Clear Channel Outdoor

John Halley is Chief Commercial Officer of Clear Channel Outdoor, where he oversees advertising revenue, marketing, commercial product development, measurement, and the company’s broader revenue growth strategy. He brings decades of media industry leadership, deep relationships across the advertising ecosystem, and a proven track record of building and scaling commercial businesses.

Prior to joining Clear Channel Outdoor, John served as President of Advertising at Paramount Global, overseeing advertising across a portfolio of leading media brands, including CBS, Paramount+, Pluto TV, Nickelodeon, MTV, and Comedy Central. During his tenure, he led the transformation of Paramount’s advertising business, introducing innovative products, advanced data capabilities, and new approaches to measurement that helped grow its digital advertising business into a multibillion-dollar platform. Previously, he held the roles of Chief Operating Officer of Advertising at Paramount and its predecessor Viacom.

John was a co-founder and longtime Chairman of OpenAP, the advanced advertising platform serving the convergent television marketplace. He is also a former Chairman and board member of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and has served on the boards of Blockgraph and the Video Advertising Bureau (VAB).

John holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in Economics from Santa Clara University.