iHeartMedia - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

iHeartMedia is Medium Risk.

iHeartMedia often yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. The company implements race and identity-based policies that replace merit, excellence, and integrity with preferential treatment and outcomes. iHeart Media occasionally embraces corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues at times. This approach fails to safeguard free exercise, free speech, and free enterprise.

Rating Criteria

Corporate Weaponization Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Cancellations	Medium Risk
Discriminatory Philanthropy	Lower Risk
Employment Protection	High Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

Corporate Governance and Public Policy Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Advocacy Bias	High Risk
Funding	High Risk
Political Actions	Lower Risk

Corporate Governance and Public Policy ⓘ

Rating Criteria Detail

Criteria Risk Level Rationale

Corporate Weaponization

Criteria:

Has canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

iHeartMedia received a score of 30 on the 2025 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a political stakeholder group. The company recruits employees based on sexual identity issues. The company discriminates against vendors that do not promote divisive sex and gender policies, indicating it prioritizes sexual issues over merit (1)(2). iHeartMedia integrates ESG into all of its business practices (3). iHeartMedia has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (4).

Criteria:

Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

iHeartMedia does not discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (1).

Criteria:

Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

iHeartMedia’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company provides gender transition guidelines for its employees and a specific benefits guide with a comprehensive explanation of transgender services funded by the company (1)(2). iHeartMedia does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (3)(4).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

iHeartMedia advocates for LGBTQ causes by hosting “Pride Radio” on its platform and Abortion: The Body Politic podcast (1)(2). iHeartMedia scored a 45 out of 100 on the 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a political stakeholder group (3)(4).

Criteria:

Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

iHeartIMPACT raised $12 million for LGBTQ organizations including, GLAAD, SAGE, The Trevor Project, the National Black Justice Coalition, CenterLink and OutRight Action International, through its Can’t Cancel Pride Campaign and App (1)(2). iHeartMedia committed $4 million worth of media to ideological organizations, including The National Urban League, through its “iHeartRadio Communities Spotlight Media Grant Program” (3)(4). iHeartRadio is a Presenting Media Sponsor of NYC Pride (5). iHeartMedia sponsored the following 2x events in 2025: Wilton Manors Stonewall Pride, Utah Pride (6)(7). The company sponsored the following Pride events in 2026: Wilton Manors Stonewall Pride, Utah Pride, LA! Pride, Portland Pride, and Atlanta Pride (8)(9)(10)(11)(12).