iHeartMedia
Address: 
125 W 55th St, New York, NY 10019, USA
America’s #1 Audio Company
Website: www.iheartmedia.com
Symbol: NASDAQ:IHRT
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About iHeartMedia
iHeartMedia, Inc. [Nasdaq: IHRT] is the leading audio media company in America, with 90% of Americans listening to iHeart broadcast radio in every month. iHeart’s broadcast radio assets alone have a larger audience in the U.S. than any other media outlet; twice the size of the next largest broadcast radio company; and over four times the ad-enabled audience of the largest digital only audio service. iHeart is the largest podcast publisher according to Podtrac, with more downloads than the next two podcast publishers combined, has the most recognizable live events across all genres of music, has the number one social footprint among audio players, with seven times more followers than the next audio media brand, and is the only fully integrated audio ad tech solution across broadcast, streaming and podcasts. The company continues to leverage its strong audience connection and unparalleled consumer reach to build new platforms, products and services. Visit iHeartMedia.com for more company information.
Latest news
- Jul 2: Audacy podcasts and radio stations are now available in the iHeart app, the music, podcast and radio app from its main competitor, iHeartMedia. (The iHeart app is #32 in the App Store, with 614,000 ratings; the Audacy app is #121 in music, with just 92,000 ratings). Your podcast can be there too - our page of all the podcast directories links directly to add your own show on iHeart.
- Jun 23: Glenday joined in Aug 2023 as part of a raft of US appointments. He’d joined from Shazam, iHeartMedia, Lightbox and Undertone. You can read an interview shortly after he joined Acast, in our sister publication the Podcast Business Journal.
- May 13: iHeartMedia released its Q1/25 earnings. Podcast revenue was $116mn, up 28% year-on-year - representing 14.3% of the company’s total revenue (this time last year, that was 11.3%). The company still has debt of $4.6bn. It plans $150mn of cost savings this year: 10% of those savings will come from the digital audio group (but 65% from the legacy broadcast division). In analysis, Chris Peterson says podcasting is driving the company.
- Apr 30: iHeartMedia, iHeartRadio and iHeartPodcasts have slightly new logos, with a new typeface. (The way to tell is to look at the “i” of “iHeart” - the old version has a curved top, while the new version is square). The company has updated its “listen to this podcast on iHeartRadio” buttons.
- Apr 2: The Webby Awards are open for public voting today, after the nominations were published. Award-winning podcast Dan Taberski is up for yet another award, after his hit show Hysterical was named Apple Podcasts’ Podcast of the Year. The awards also recognise the organization with the most overall nominations and wins across the podcast categories. Organizations in contention include Audible (14), SiriusXM (10), Wondery (9), and iHeartMedia (8).
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