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November 18, 2024:
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Tenderfoot TV and Audacy today release an investigative series which revisits a 1995 murder after uncovering a box of forgotten VHS tapes and police reports. Evidence is discovered linking the crime to a secretive cult that required its members to “take a soul” as part of their initiation. There's a possible connection to several unsolved murders. , and exposing of a mysterious group known as The Lords of Death.
October 22, 2024:
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Audacy has signed with Experian to improve its targeting and personalisation tools. “This integration will lead to more personalized and relevant advertising experiences, providing advertisers with a higher return on investment.”
October 11, 2024:
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Podcast Addict was removed from Google Play, again, this time for apparently violating the “Violent Extremism” policy. It seems to have been restored, though the app’s AdMob account is yet to be reactivated. The app is one of the most popular for Android - and has a history of being blocked and restored from Google’s app store. Earlier this year, it was blocked for having an alarm clock.
October 9, 2024:
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Audacy released State of Audio: The Trends Report, exploring game-changing shifts in creativity, artificial intelligence, measurement and audience activation. Personalized ad creatives, the company says, drive up to twice the conversion rates.
October 1, 2024:
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Audacy has completed its financial restructuring. “The Company emerges as a healthy, scaled, multi-platform leader in the dynamic audio sector.” Its existing management team remain in place.
September 18, 2024:
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Three years in the making, Cement City is new today from Audacy Podcasts, looking at Donora, Pennsylvania. Donora’s population is 4,650. The town has no schools, no banks, no grocery stores, no gas stations. But, for the first time since the steel mill left 50 years ago, something might be moving into town instead of leaving it - and there’s an unlikely cast of people who are determined to make it happen.
September 12, 2024:
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Audacy has partnered with The Moth, the long-running storytelling podcast. Audacy will handle sales and distribution for the podcast, including video, social and sponsorships for live events. PRX will continue to represent The Moth on public radio.
September 9, 2024:
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Sheletta Brundidge has been awarded the prestigious Board of Governors’ Regional Emmy® Award for the Upper Midwest. Brundidge is “boss lady” at SHElettaMakesMeLaugh, and won the award for her comprehensive coverage of Black Entrepreneurs Day at the Capitol.
August 12, 2024:
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Audacy released its Q2/24 financial report. It doesn’t break out podcasting; its “digital” revenue, including podcasting, was up 12% year-on-year, and represents 25% of the company’s net revenue. It made a slight loss of $3mn.
July 30, 2024:
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That’s still rather less than radio. Fox and Andy in the morning on Audacy’s WCBS-FM New York yesterday morning was 24.1% ads (29 minutes between 7am-9am). Even NPR’s Morning Edition, as aired on WBEZ Chicago, is 7.3% advertising/underwriting. And, in Sydney Australia, 2GB’s breakfast show is 27.1% advertising.
July 17, 2024:
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Ashley Carman’s scoop almost a month ago was correct - Office Ladies has moved from SiriusXM to Audacy in a deal which also covers The Lazy Genius Podcast. Terms weren’t given; the show launched in Oct 2019, and is a top 25 podcast in the US.
June 26, 2024:
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First Look: Wondery and Audacy’s Pineapple Street Studios have announced a new limited series with Dan Taberski. Hysterical is released in early July.
June 24, 2024:
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The Golden Girls Deep Dive Podcast is a brand new rewatch podcast, created and hosted by Patrick Hinds, co-creator and co-host of the hit podcast “True Crime Obsessed,” and two-time Tony Award®-nominee Jennifer Simard. It's new today from Audacy Podcasts.
June 21, 2024:
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Office Ladies, one of the US's biggest shows, is reportedly to leave SiriusXM's Earwolf and move to Audacy. A number of other Earwolf shows have left the network over the past year.
June 11, 2024:
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iHeartMedia could go bankrupt again if the company doesn’t restructure its debt, warns Seeking Alpha. The company currently has $5.3bn of debt, and needs to repay $3.1bn by 2026. It emerged from bankruptcy in 2019. Meanwhile, Audacy has settled a $1.4mn unpaid tax claim brought by a Pennsylvania township. The company is emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
June 5, 2024:
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Impolitic with John Heilemann has launched - a new interview podcast from Puck and Audacy Podcasts. The show will publish new episodes every Tuesday and Friday.
May 10, 2024:
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Audacy released its Q1/24 financial results. The company, which didn’t hold an earnings call, didn’t release podcast data.
May 9, 2024:
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Audacy launches Women Talkin’ ‘Bout Murder today - an improvised comedy podcast series starring writers, producers, and actresses Liz Cackowski and Emily Spivey as true crime podcast hosts Donna and Jobeth. The show is the third installment in a three-season improvised comedy franchise from Audacy and Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions, under the Paper Kite Podcasts banner.
April 30, 2024:
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New from Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios and Wondery, The Competition is now available everywhere. The series focuses on the contestants of the Distinguished Young Women (DYW) program, a quasi-pageant/ academic competition that’s one of the most lucrative scholarship programs for teen girls in America, and follows seven participants as they experience the highs and lows of competing for two weeks, away from home and under the most high-stress circumstances. Wil Williams reviews it in their newsletter.
April 22, 2024:
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Spotify is the largest global digital audio advertising company, with ad-supported revenue in Q4/23 of €501mn ($533mn), compared with SiriusXM $479mn; iHeart digital audio revenue $317mn; Cumulus digital revenue $221mn; Audacy digital revenue $69.1mn; Acast $45mn. All these other companies are IAB members.
April 15, 2024:
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Radio and podcast company Audacy has partnered with synthetic voice company ElevenLabs to “augment its existing programming and production workflows”.
March 29, 2024:
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Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV is new from Audacy Podcasts. The show is an eight-part series focusing on the former music television channel (it still exists, but isn't a music channel any more). We wonder if they interview Adam Curry?
March 27, 2024:
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Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite is to launch a new weekly advice show with Audacy Podcasts. She’s speaking today at Podcast Movement Evolutions.
March 22, 2024:
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In future, Cadence13 is to be known as “Audacy Podcasts” as part of a reorganisation. Podnews spotted in October that Audacy had stopped using the Cadence13 brand; that’s now official, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
March 21, 2024:
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Audacy has launched dynamic AI contextual advertising for podcasts, using transcripts to more accurately match topics with advertising categories.
March 18, 2024:
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Tim Clarke, Audacy’s SVP of Digital Audio Content, is leaving the company at the end of the month. He won’t be replaced.
February 21, 2024:
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Audacy, the owner of a number of podcast companies and broadcast radio stations, has had its reorganization approved in bankruptcy court, and should emerge from the Chapter 11 process following FCC approval. The plan reduces its debt from $1.9bn to $350mn.
February 16, 2024:
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A new season of true crime podcast Up and Vanished, "In The Midnight Sun", launches today. Hosted by Payne Lindsey and produced by Tenderfoot TV in partnership with Audacy, the new season investigates what happened to Alaska Native, Florence Okpealuk, who vanished from the subarctic town of Nome in 2020 - and the grim reality of the high rate of missing and murdered Indigenous people in the United States.
February 9, 2024:
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The Infinite Dial 2024 (for the US) will be unveiled at Evolutions by Podcast Movement in Los Angeles on Mar 28. The gold-standard study from Edison Research is America’s longest-running survey of digital media consumer behaviour. This year, it’s with support from Audacy, Cumulus Media, and SiriusXM Media.
February 7, 2024:
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When director, actor, critic and historian Peter Bogdanovich passed away in 2022, he was working on One Handshake Away - a podcast interviewing some of the biggest film directors working today. His ex-wife Louise Stratten stepped in to serve as narrator and co-host, with three-time Academy Award-winning director Guillermo del Toro filling in as host for the final three episodes. It's new today from Audacy and Stak.
February 5, 2024:
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First look: Audacy has renewed its relationship with Veritonic for brand lift and creative measurement.
February 2, 2024:
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Dehumanizing, cruel, and wrong - The Pineapple Street Union has responded to the announcement of layoffs at Audacy-owned Pineapple Street Studios.
February 1, 2024:
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Audacy is to cut twelve jobs at Pineapple Street Studios - about 25% of the staff - says a report by Bloomberg. The staff union says it’s heartbroken and will fight for an appropriate severance package. The company filed for bankruptcy protection last month.
January 24, 2024:
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US broadcaster Audacy, which recently filed for bankruptcy protection, has a new business plan which includes an audio subscription service, according to iHeart-owned Inside Radio. Audacy says it could deliver “as much as $20 million in revenue by 2027”. The company owns a number of podcast companies including Cadence13 and Pineapple Street.
January 10, 2024:
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Last September, we reported that Tenderfoot TV was suing Audacy’s Cadence13 for breach of contract. A joint statement was released yesterday, saying: "Tenderfoot and Audacy have reached an agreement. Their work together on some of the biggest podcast franchises in the space continued uninterrupted throughout the litigation period, and the companies look forward to continuing their successful partnership on future projects." Terms weren’t given; the relationship lasts until 2026. Audacy has filed for bankruptcy.
January 9, 2024:
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As we reported yesterday, Audacy filed for bankruptcy over the weekend. It announced this news with a curious graphic on its corporate website.
January 8, 2024:
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Audacy, owners of Cadence13 and Pineapple Street Studios, has filed for bankruptcy. The company plans a restructure and claims it will have “no operational impact”. Formerly known as Entercom, it acquired CBS Radio in 2017. It currently has debts of $1.9bn.
January 5, 2024:
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Shows from the Women’s Meditation Network, like Meditation for Women, have signed with Audacy for sales and distribution. The network was founded by Katie Krimitsos.
November 10, 2023:
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Audacy released its Q3/23 financial results. Digital revenue, including podcasting, was $64.7mn, up 3.3% year-on-year. Total revenue is down 9.4%.
November 9, 2023:
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Are media buyers too worried about brand safety? Audacy suggests brands are safer than they think on podcasts, releasing a study with Alter Agents.
November 7, 2023:
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Audacy suggests that brands are playing it "too safe" in podcasting. With the plethora of brand safety tools currently flooding podcasting, the company interviewed 6,000 podcast listeners, to discover that "what marketers may consider risky actually offers opportunities for advertisers to connect with highly-engaged listeners".
October 25, 2023:
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Audacy released its State of Audio: Level Up guide. The free download is designed to be "a modern blueprint for audio advertising, designed to provide a go-to playbook – including planning tips, creative how-to’s and innovative trends – to help advertisers level up the performance of their audio investments"
October 23, 2023:
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Ghost Story is new from Wondery today - a jaw-dropping tale of a haunting, which becomes a murder investigation, which leads to a family drama. It's made by Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios.
October 20, 2023:
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What's up with Cadence13? The website was last updated in February 2023; and new seasons of Radio Rental, Gone South, To Live And Die In LA, Culpable and Say More with Dr? Sheila all just reference Audacy, not Cadence13. A spokesperson tells Podnews: "We continue to release shows through this studio. ... Like all media companies, Audacy is focused on building equity for our master brand, and in that mission, we’re aligning our studios and market-facing brands."
October 19, 2023:
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Gone South returned in a new season this week, telling the story of a manhunt for a serial killer that would lead to a shocking standoff with a man once tasked with protecting the town. It's from Audacy Studios.
October 6, 2023:
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Audacy has skipped a $18mn loan payment. The broadcaster, which owns a number of podcast companies, has a 30-day grace period; it's talking with lenders to refinance its debt.
October 5, 2023:
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The third season of Sound Judgment launched last week - exploring the audio storytelling craft of podcasting. Last week, Classy’s Jonathan Menjivar, of Audacy’s Pineapple Street Studios and alum of Fresh Air and This American Life, shared strategies and self-doubts on the challenge of making a gripping podcast about class in America; and to come are Anna Sale, Nikki Boyer and others.
October 4, 2023:
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About a Boy: The Story of Vladimir Putin is new from Audacy and Puck. It is a five-part documentary podcast exploring the forces that shaped Russian President Vladimir Putin’s childhood: and why it's critical to understanding what he might do next in the war against Ukraine.
September 21, 2023:
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Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions has launched a scripted podcast series Say More with Dr? Sheila as part of a new division, Paper Kite Podcasts. It's a co-production with Audacy.
September 15, 2023:
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Minimum guarantees: The Coffeezilla video alleges that minimum guarantees were made to creators by Kast Media that became unsustainable. Similar minimum guarantees have been made - and then cancelled - by Audacy, who made an agreement with APM; and a Tenderfoot TV agreement with Cadence13 is the subject of legal action. We are aware of at least one further podcast network who is not paying creators on time.
September 5, 2023:
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Tenderfoot TV is suing Audacy's Cadence13 for breach of contract. Audacy is accused of failing to pay money owed, including $520,833 in August, as part of a two-year contract.
August 30, 2023:
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Vlad & Niki Podcast Adventures, Presented By Flintstones Vitamins is new from Audacy and the global kids superstars. The preschool series has more than 96 million subscribers on their English-language channel and 330 million subscribers worldwide
August 14, 2023:
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Last week, Audacy's financial results included note of "an early exit to an onerous podcast ad representation contract". They didn't say who at the time; The Verge reports it is this agreement with APM. The final para of the press release: "UTA brokered the deal on behalf of American Public Media."
August 7, 2023:
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Audacy released its Q2/23 financial results.. "In June, we successfully negotiated an early exit to an onerous podcast ad representation contract," the company said, which resulted in a $10.4mn charge: the company didn't say who (it's one of their two biggest), or split out podcast revenue data other than to say that RPM (revenue per thousand downloads) grew by 38%.
August 2, 2023:
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Podtrac is measuring more podcasts than ever: Livewire reports its tracking code was in 8.6% of all episodes released in July. Meanwhile, the use of trackers from Audacy's Podcorn has almost halved in just two months.
June 16, 2023:
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Bari Finkel and Je-Anne Berry have been promoted to Co-Heads of Pineapple Street Studios. Pineapple Street Co-Founder Max Linsky has been named Senior Podcast Strategist for Audacy’s podcast division.
June 15, 2023:
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The Set is new from Audacy this week, looking at the biggest corruption scandal in NYPD history. The show is able to binge listen on the Audacy app today, but will release on other platforms each week. It's is written, directed, and narrated by Zak Levitt.
May 31, 2023:
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radio.com domain appears to have been withdrawn from auction. It still forwards to its owner, Audacy; it went on sale in January with a starting price of $2.5mn.
May 18, 2023:
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Audacy, which owns Cadence13, Pineapple Street Studios, Podcorn and Moonbeam, is to be delisted from the stock market for having an "abnormally low" share price. The company plans to appeal. $200 invested in Audacy this time last year would be worth just over $10 today.
May 11, 2023:
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Audacy published its Q1/23 financials. Excluding the loss of Crooked Media (which switched to SiriusXM in May), podcast revenues would have been up 14%; but they fell in real terms (the company didn't say by how much). However, locally-produced podcasts are the most profitable part of the business, the company said.
May 2, 2023:
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Data: Audacy shares its State of Audio guide with a number of case studies suggesting audio does better than social media, and specifically pushing the efficiency of podcast host reads. Data is from Nielsen, Veritone, Claritas, and others.
April 26, 2023:
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Announcing a new case study, audio ad management company Frequency says that Audacy is now more than 3x more efficient with Frequency's tools.
March 30, 2023:
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Audacy’s Cadence13 Studios is working with Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions to launch a scripted comedy franchise. The first show is due later this year.
March 28, 2023:
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Audacy's auction of its radio·com domain name was originally planned to end today. The auction page has been reset for another 90 days, suggesting that a buyer didn't come forward.
March 17, 2023:
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Audacy released financial results. Podcasting revenue was down 8% y/y. Excluding the loss of Crooked Media (which switched to SiriusXM in May), revenues would have been up 14%. The company claims 9% increase in Q4 downloads.
January 24, 2023:
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Podcast industry veteran Jay Green has joined Soundrise as Senior Vice President of Strategy & Operations.. He was at Audacy's Cadence13. Lovlyn Corbett moves from Kantar to become the new Director of National Accounts.
January 16, 2023:
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Measurement and research company Nielsen is to restructure and will reduce headcount by "hundreds". Meanwhile, AI company SoundHound has laid off half its remaining employees. Its technology is used by companies like Audacy, Pandora and Netflix.
January 2, 2023:
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Podtrac remains the most popular third-party analytics service; Audacy's Podcorn has slipped to fourth place.
December 30, 2022:
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The former domain-name of Entercom's live radio and podcast app, RADIO·COM, is being sold by auction for $2.5m. Entercom is now "Audacy", and that's been the name of the company's app since 2021. The auction closes on 28 March.
November 18, 2022:
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Spotify has signed another exclusive: Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain, described as one of the world’s most listened-to podcasts, will be exclusive on Spotify early next year. The deal includes video podcasts. The show was with UTA and Cadence13's Ramble Podcast Network, and is another loss for owner Audacy which is threatened with stock market de-listing.
November 11, 2022:
The last word in podcasting news: announcing the Podnews Weekly Review, with James Cridland and Sam Sethi. This week: a look at the financial reports from big podcast companies, and an interview with Vizzy co-founder Nic Ivanov. %%promo-end%%
November 10, 2022:
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Agnes Kozera has left Podcorn, the company she co-founded, according to her LinkedIn. The company was acquired by Entercom, now Audacy, in Mar 2021.
November 9, 2022:
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Audacy published its financial report for Q3/22. Digital, including podcasting, made $62m in the quarter: up 2% y-on-y, down 10% q-on-q. Total revenues declined 3.8% y-on-y. The company is threatened with stock market delisting; stock hit a record low of $0.27 yesterday.
October 5, 2022:
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Podcast studio Cadence13 may be up for sale. The company's owner Audacy is hoping to sell it for around $100m, says Axios, though Audacy dismiss the story as a rumour. The company's stock is currently at 44 cents, down 88% over the past year; if it's not back to over a dollar by February, the New York Stock Exchange could delist the company.
September 16, 2022:
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Audacy's Chief Digital Officer, JD Crowley, spoke about the future of audio and whether subscription podcasts were part of it, at an Audacy-sponsored Variety event.
August 31, 2022:
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Patton Valentine has been hired by Audacy's Cadence13 to help adapt the company's podcasts for TV and film. He joins from Ley Line Entertainment.
August 26, 2022:
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Audacy's Cadence13 has partnered with veteran journalist Stephen A. Smith for a thrice-weekly show; Know Mercy launches at the end of September.
August 24, 2022:
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Audacy is now using Sounder as the company's brand safety partner, joining SpokenLayer, iHeartRadio and DAX.
August 8, 2022:
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Audacy released its financial report for Q2/22. The company made $69m from "digital", including podcasting, up 18% year-on-year. Podcast downloads grew 40% year-over-year; revenue from podcasts was up in the "upper teens", though (unlike others this week) the company didn't give numbers. Overall, the company was "adversely impacted by declining macroeconomic conditions and ad market headwinds".
August 2, 2022:
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Publisher and broadcaster Audacy has bought podcast app Moonbeam, according to Moonbeam's founder, Paul English. Moonbeam includes an AI machine-learning system for enhanced discoverability. Terms weren't given; indeed, Audacy has yet to announce the purchase.
June 27, 2022:
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Project Unabom is the newest podcast from Apple TV+, and goes live today. Hosted by journalist Eric Benson and produced by Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios, the podcast explores the story of serial bomber Ted Kaczynski and what drove him to his dystopian vision.
June 16, 2022:
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Justaposition is new today from Audacy's Cadence13 and UTA, featuring Hyram Yarbro, a TikTok and YouTube star. Hyram will explore issues including mental health, navigating the complex world of social media, vulnerability, how to make a positive social impact, and skin care. The show will also be available on YouTube.
June 9, 2022:
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Mother Country Radicals is new from Crooked Media and Audacy - a highly personal, politically charged account of a counterculture group of young activists in pursuit of radical change through any means necessary, which included bombing the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol, breaking comrades out of prison, and teaming up with Black militant groups to rob banks, all in an attempt to build a revolution in America. You can binge the entire series on the Audacy app.
May 10, 2022:
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Podcast revenues at Audacy were up 37% year-on-year, said CEO David Field in an investor call. Downloads for "high-margin local podcasts" are up 50%.
April 25, 2022:
Thank you to Audacy for helping Podcorn, Pineapple Street Studios and Cadence13 return as Gold supporters. We're grateful for your support.
April 20, 2022:
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The Invisible Seam was launched today by Tommy Hilfiger, and focuses on the overlooked contributions of Black culture and communities to expand the narrative around the history of American fashion. The series has been developed through Tommy Hilfiger’s People’s Place Program in partnership with The Fashion and Race Database and Audacy’s Pineapple Street Studios.
April 14, 2022:
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Borderline Salty was launched earlier this week - a call-in podcast all about food. Give them a call on +1 833-433-FOOD - they will take listener calls, offer advice and expertise, and explore the ever-changing trends, topics, and culture around food. It's new from Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios.
March 31, 2022:
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Brian Swarth is now SVP of Subscriber Engagement and Product Marketing at cable broadcaster AMC Networks. He was Head of Marketing for Audacy's Cadence13 and Pineapple Street Studios.
March 30, 2022:
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Origins with James Andrew Miller is back for a new season, this time focusing on the story of popular cable TV channel HBO. It's produced by C13 Originals, part of Audacy's Cadence13; all five episodes are available from today.
March 28, 2022:
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Amazon Music and Wondery have closed a deal with Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios. The podcast production company will produce at least four new shows. It comes hot on the heels of 9/12 winning three awards, including Podcast of the Year, at The Ambies.
March 22, 2022:
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HBO Docs Club is a deep dive into a wide variety of titles from HBO Documentary Films, past and present. Produced by Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios and HBO Max, it'll be hosted by Brittany Luse and Ronald Young Jr, and launched yesterday. - read more
March 15, 2022:
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Puck Presents: The Powers That Be is new from Audacy's Cadence13 and new media company Puck: it focuses on the four corners of power in America: Wall Street, Washington, Silicon Valley and Hollywood. It's hosted by Emmy Award-winning journalist Peter Hamby.
March 2, 2022:
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Audacy has launched the Audacy Digital Audience Network, which they call "the highest quality addressable audience in audio". 60 million listeners across podcasts and radio are available to target.
February 28, 2022:
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HBO has announced HBO Docs Club, a deep dive into a wide variety of titles from HBO Documentary Films, past and present. Produced by Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios and HBO Max, it'll be hosted by Brittany Luse and Ronald Young Jr, and launches in March.
January 27, 2022:
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Audacy suggests that the ideal length of ads is 30 seconds; the survey was of radio listeners, though.
January 21, 2022:
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Audacy's Cadence13 has partnered with an anonymous instagram account for a new podcast. The insta account is celebrity gossip account @DeuxMoi, and the new show is called Deux/U.
January 19, 2022:
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Shirin Peykar has been hired as SVP of Performance Sales at Audacy. She moves from Stitcher, and will be selling podcasts.
January 10, 2022:
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Netflix, Audacy’s Pineapple Street Studios and Hyperobject Industries have launched The Last Movie Ever Made: The Don’t Look Up podcast, a six-part oral history of the making of Don’t Look Up, Adam McKay’s Netflix disaster comedy. It launched on Friday. - read more
January 5, 2022:
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Audacy has signed a distribution partnership with Samsung. Intruiging sentence: the deal is for the "Samsung Free platform and any other Samsung customized or developed apps". (Here's where to add yours).
November 10, 2021:
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Audacy reported their financial results for Q3/21. The company, which owns Cadence13, Pineapple Street Studios and Podcorn, said in an investor call that it made around $16m in revenue from podcasting - 4.8% of the total company's income.
November 9, 2021:
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Palak Forbes has been hired as Senior Vice President, Digital Business Operations at Audacy. She was with the New York Times.
November 3, 2021:
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PRX shows are now in the Audacy app. (Here's how to add yours).
October 26, 2021:
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In Good Faith is a new weekly podcast series hosted by Churchome's lead pastors Chelsea and Judah Smith. It's a partnership between Audacy's Cadence13, OBB Sound and SB Projects.
October 25, 2021:
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Kiernan Shipka stars in Treat, a C13Feature Podcast Movie. Released today, the show is the first feature-length show from C13Features, part of Audacy's Cadence13.
October 21, 2021:
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Now we know what Audacy spent $40m on - the company has bought WideOrbit's digital audio streaming technology, and will rebrand it AmperWave. Audacy's announcement just mentions digital audio streaming (for live radio); but WideOrbit's announcement mentions podcasting, too: the company does some hosting for clients. Audacy currently uses Omny Studio, a company now owned by competitor iHeartRadio.
October 15, 2021:
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Audacy has bought something for $40m. The SEC report says it's a "small digital acquisition", but gives no other details. The company also says its revenues for Q3/21 should be up about 23% year-on-year.
October 12, 2021:
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Launching today, Audacy and Osiris Media's Breaking Waves looks into the Seattle grunge scene, which defined rock in the 1990s: with bands like Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam.
October 8, 2021:
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Tim Clarke has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Digital Audio Content at Audacy. Clarke will be responsible for audio content, including podcasts, across the Audacy digital platform, which includes the Audacy app, Audacy․com, and Audacy’s station websites.
October 7, 2021:
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Lena Moss Glaser has been hired as VP and EP of Audacy's podcast studio 2400Sports. She'll oversee all production and content operations for 2400Sports podcasts.
September 27, 2021:
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Foundation: The Official Podcast is an accompaniment podcast for AppleTV+'s Foundation original show. It was launched on Friday, and is produced by Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios.
September 22, 2021:
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Steve Perrault has been hired as Senior Producer for MLB content by Audacy's 2400Sports podcast studio. He joins from Barstool Sports.
September 17, 2021:
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Another set of Hollywood stars are coming to podcasting: Audacy's C13Features has announced that Kate Mara and Adam Scott have signed on to star in a psychological thriller, Ghostwriter.
September 16, 2021:
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Cumulus Media radio stations and podcasts will now be on the Audacy digital platform. Cumulus shares rose 3% on the news.
August 27, 2021:
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Kiernan Shipka is the latest Hollywood star to appear in a scripted podcast. She will star in Treat, being produced by Audacy's C13Features, in the first feature-length project from the company, touted as "movies for your ears".
August 12, 2021:
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The 11th is an "entirely new, innovative concept for the podcast space", described as a mystery box of different stories. It's from Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios.
August 5, 2021:
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The Marconi Radio Awards are be presented by the NAB at the Radio Show in Las Vegas in October. The "Best Radio Podcast Of The Year" category finalists are We Need To Talk (WGTS), Pregnancy Pearls (Audacy), Garage Logic (Hubbard Radio), Purple Daily (KSTP-AM, Hubbard Radio), and Outkick the Coverage (Fox Sports Radio, Premiere Radio Networks)
July 27, 2021:
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Audacy has launched Podsauce, a podcast discovery show. The show (in both audio and video) will "give viewers and listeners the inside scoop on new podcasts from the genre’s top talent and discover hidden gems they might otherwise have missed out on." There will also be a minute-long version on the radio.
July 22, 2021:
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Podcorn's CEO is interviewed for an advertorial in MediaVillage about earning money with podcasts. The company, owned by Audacy, has 48,000 podcasters using their platform.
July 16, 2021:
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Radio is making way for podcasts - in Cleveland, quite literally. Evergreen Podcasts has purchased the former radio station complex of WDOK-FM. The building is six times larger than Evergreen's current offices; the company will employ 25 people by the end of the year. The building is in "Radio Lane", but that name's unlikely to change for now. WDOK-FM, better known as Cleveland's Star 102, moved in to the Halle Building with other Audacy stations in 2012.
June 29, 2021:
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From Audacy's C13Originals, Hope, Through History returns for a second season, exploring pivotal moments of crisis in American history and how they shaped the nation.
June 25, 2021:
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Audacy has launched 2400Sports, a sports podcast studio. The company is the largest radio sports broadcaster in the US, and announced a deal with Major League Baseball recently.
June 22, 2021:
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Audacy has expanded their partnership with Crooked Media. Their Lovett or Leave It podcast is to be broadcast on Channel Q and the LGBTQ+ Talk Radio Network. The broadcaster already airs a minute-long version of What A Day.
June 15, 2021:
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No Place Like Home is new from Audacy's C13Originals: the heist of a pair of Dorothy's ruby red slippers from The Wizard of Oz and their mysterious return.
June 11, 2021:
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Audacy's Cadence13 is to exclusively sell APM podcasts. The companies will co-develop new shows and revenue opportunities.
June 2, 2021:
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The Dana Show is to replace Rush Limbaugh's show on a number of radio stations, and is to be highlighted on the Audacy platform as a podcast.
May 26, 2021:
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Gangster Capitalism, from Audacy's C13Originals, is back for a third season.
May 18, 2021:
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One Click, a documentary podcast series from Audacy's C13 Originals, looks at a diet pill available online that has a side-effect of, well, death. It's narrated by Elle Fanning.
May 14, 2021:
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New shows: Pro Football Hall of Famer Cris Carter has scored a podcast deal with sports podcaster Blue Wire Podcasts. Music and entertainment stars Este Haim and Darren Criss are to produce a podcast with Audacy's Cadence13, and Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo is also to get her own Cadence13 podcast. Tenderfoot TV is to give To Live And Die In LA a second season, and launched two new shows. Sony Music Entertainment announced a new slate including true crime and kids/family shows.
May 13, 2021:
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Audacy and Osiris Media have announced a joint venture, working on music podcasts that will air on Audacy stations.
May 11, 2021:
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Audacy has launched Exit Scam, a true-crime podcast about cryptocurrency. In what the company calls a "unique windowing opportunity", the Audacy app has episodes a week earlier than everywhere else.
May 10, 2021:
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Audacy's Q1/21 results saw "weaker results in podcasting", said CEO David Field. The company, formerly Entercom, saw overall revenue fall by 19% year-on-year.
April 28, 2021:
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C13Originals, the documentary studio division of Audacy's Cadence13, has expanded its partnership with Jon Meacham, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and New York Times bestselling author.
April 20, 2021:
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April 14, 2021:
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How much should you charge for sponsorship? - Gilon Marts from Buzzsprout talks about how pricing works, how to set your pricing and Alban Brooke interviews Agnes Kozera from Audacy's Podcorn.
April 2, 2021:
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Ramble, part of Audacy's Cadence13, has signed YouTube star Elle Mills for Crazy Stupid Fangirls. The show also includes creator Michelle Platti as a co-host, and 'will dive into pop culture spanning decades from all angles'.
March 31, 2021:
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Entercom, which owns Cadence13, Pineapple Street Studios, Podcorn and CBS Radio, has changed its name. "Part audio, part audacious, part odyssey", the new name is Audacy. As part of that, RADIO․COM is no more: they've rebranded it Audacy as well. You can get your podcast into that app; our big list of podcast directories includes them. The stock market likes it: shares rose by 5.2%.