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Carl Salas

Carl Salas is a Vice President and Senior Credit Officer on Moody’s
Telecommunications/Media team covering media and entertainment
issuers with a focus on broadcast and publishing sectors including
Cumulus Media, Gannett Co., Media General, New York Times, Nielsen,
Sinclair Broadcast, Sirius XM, Time Inc., Tribune Media, and Univision
Communications. He is also involved in international rating discussions
and analyses of media issuers and is the primary author of Moody’s rating
methodology for the Global Broadcast and Advertising Related Industries.
Carl is a featured speaker at numerous industry and investor conferences
focusing on media issues.
Prior to joining Moody’s in 2010, he held senior management positions
on the issuer side as SVP, Treasurer of PRIMEDIA, a portfolio company
of KKR and as CFO of Creative Realities, a portfolio company of Pegasus
Capital. Previously, Carl was a Managing Director and team leader in the
Entertainment & Media Group of Banc of America Securities specializing
in broadcast, publishing, theater exhibition, and global cruise lines
primarily for portfolio companies of private equity sponsors. Carl received
his MBA in finance from Columbia University and AB in Biochemistry from
Dartmouth College.
Carl Salas
Vice President – Senior Credit Officer
Telecommunications/Media Group
New York
+1.212.553.4613
carl.salas@moodys.com