Cumulus Media (CMLS) Form 4 CUMULUS MEDIA / JEFFREY MARCUS ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

MARCUS JEFFREY

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O CRESTVIEW ADVISORS, L.L.C.

667 MADISON AVENUE, 10TH FL.

(Street)

NEW YORK NY 10065

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CUMULUS MEDIA INC [ CMLS ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/08/2015

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	05/08/2015(1)(2)(3)		P		0(1)(2)(3)	A	$0(1)(2)(3)	0(1)(2)(3)	I	See Footnote(1)(2)(3)
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share								15,552(4)	D(4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. On May 8, 11 and 12, 2015, Crestview Radio Investors, LLC purchased 81,174, 350,999 and 375,000 shares of Class A Common Stock ("Common Stock"), at a price per share of $2.1108, $2.3190 and $2.3423, respectively. After such purchases, Crestview Radio Investors, LLC directly beneficially owns 61,442,484 shares of Common Stock and 7,815,553 warrants. Each of Crestview Partners II, L.P., Crestview Partners II (TE), L.P., Crestview Partners II (FF), L.P., Crestview Offshore Holdings II (Cayman), L.P., Crestview Offshore Holdings II (FF Cayman), L.P., Crestview Offshore Holdings II (892 Cayman), L.P. and Crestview Partners II GP, L.P. may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the 61,442,484 shares of Common Stock and 7,815,553 warrants directly owned by Crestview Radio Investors, LLC.

2. Crestview Partners II GP, L.P. is the general partner of Crestview Partners II, L.P., Crestview Partners II (FF), L.P., Crestview Partners II (TE), L.P., Crestview Offshore Holdings II (Cayman), L.P., Crestview Offshore Holdings II (FF Cayman), L.P. and Crestview Offshore Holdings II (892 Cayman), L.P., each of which is a member of Crestview Radio Investors, LLC. The reporting person is a partner of Crestview, L.L.C. (which is the general partner of Crestview Partners II GP, L.P.) and a partner of Crestview Advisors, L.L.C., which provides investment advisory and management services to certain of the foregoing entities. Crestview Advisors, L.L.C. is the direct beneficial owner of 55,044 shares of Common Stock, which, as previously reported, were transferred by the reporting person to Crestview Advisors, L.L.C. in connection with the vesting of such shares.

3. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities beneficially owned by Crestview Radio Investors, LLC and Crestview Advisors, L.L.C. except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

4. The shares will fully vest on May 22, 2015, the first anniversary of the date of grant. The reporting person is a member of the board of directors of the issuer and is a partner of Crestview Advisors, L.L.C., which provides investment advisory services to Crestview Radio Investors, LLC. The reporting person has agreed that, in connection with the vesting of the securities, the reporting person will assign all rights, title and interest in the securities to Crestview Advisors, L.L.C. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

	/s/ Ross A. Oliver, as Attorney-in-Fact	05/12/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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