Audacy Announces Executive Leadership Update

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Audacy, Inc. announced executive changes, including the appointment of Kelli Turner as President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), Chris Olivero as Chief Business Officer and Bob Phillips as Chief Revenue Officer.

Turner, an accomplished media leader, has been serving as Interim President and CEO since January when former President and CEO David Field stepped down. Oliviero and Philips are highly regarded industry leaders with more than a half-century of experience combined serving Audacy and its predecessors. Olivero was most recently Market President for Audacy New York, and Philips was President of Audacy Networks and Multi-Market Sales.

“On behalf of the Audacy board, we are delighted that Kelli Turner has agreed to take on the permanent President and CEO role and lead Audacy through its next phase of reinvention and growth,” said Michael Del Nin, Chairman, Audacy. “She is an exceptional media executive who, along with Chris Olivero and the rest of the Audacy team, will ensure we continue to invest in high-quality content to engage our audiences and provide the best-in-class solutions to our partners.”

Turner has served on the Audacy Board since September 2024. Turner has also serve on the boards of directors of several advertising and music technology companies, including DoubleVerify, Downtown Music Holdings, and Chief Financial Officer of Sun Capital Partners, a leading private investment firm. 

Prior to joining Sun Capital Partners, she was President and Chief Operating Officer of SESAC Holdings, a leading music licensing and rights management company owned by Blackstone. She has also served in various executive and leadership roles in the investment and media industries, including RSL Group, Martha Stewart Living, Time Warner, Allen & Company and Citigroup.

“It’s a privilege to lead Audacy at this exciting moment in its impressive history and the evolution of audio,” said Turner. “This is one of the most dynamic businesses in media and entertainment, and I am looking forward to partnering with Chris Olivero and all of our teams to build on our momentum with audiences, creators and advertisers. I’m especially excited by the appointments of Chris and Bob, who know Audacy’s businesses inside and out and whose track records in management, programming and sales are second to none.”

Olivero has served as Market President in New York since 2020 and spent more than 23 years at CBS Radio (which became part of Audacy in 2017). He started his career as a production assistant on “The Howard Stern Show” and took on progressively more senior programming roles.

Philips joins CBS Radio in 1996 and later served as Chief Revenue Office for CBS Radio and Entercom. Following Entercom’s rebranding as Audacy in 2021, Philips transitioned into his most recent role as President of Audacy Networks and Multi-Market Sales.

The company concurrently announces the departures of Chief Operating Officer Susan Larkin, Chief Digital Officer J.D. Crowley, Chief Marketing Officer Paul Suchman and Executive Vice President and General Counsel Andrew Sutor. Mike Dash has been named Executive Vice President and General Counsel, succeeding Sutor, who will stay on for a transitional period. Dash has been with Audacy’s companies for nearly two decades.

Announcing Goalhanger’s First New Release Of 2025 – Journey Through Time

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History from the ground up — the stories you didn’t learn, the people you never knew, shaping history in ways you never expected.

Launching on 20th March 2025, Journey Through Time uncovers the overlooked, forgotten, and untold sides of history — from hidden stories to new angles on events we thought we knew. Co-hosted by British-Nigerian historian and BAFTA-winning filmmaker David Olusoga and American cultural an literary historian Sarah Church’s, Chair of Public Humanities at the University of London, the show explores the past from the ground up.

Each episode weaves the monumental with the personal. “We don’t just tell you what happened in the past; we want to show you what it felt to live through it,” said Co-Host Olusoga. “Like the programs I make on TV, this show will uncover the sorts of history that didn’t take place in parliament or palaces. What Sarah and I are doing is to explore how political decisions, new technologies, and the random chaos of the past played out on the street, within the home or on the battlefield.”

Co-Host Churchwell adds, “We want to uncover the hidden layers of history — stories of ordinary people navigating extraordinary times. Our goal is to challenge familiar narratives and reveal the surprising truths behind what you think you know—or maybe haven’t thought to question. It’s about understanding history not just as something we study, but as the force that shaped our world.”

David and Sarah, both storytellers, will be blending engaging storytelling with sharp historical insights, bringing their distinct perspectives to stories that challenge what we think we know about the past. They will uncover the human experience behind events both famous and forgotten, revealing the choices, struggles, and ambition that changed history in ways that continue to reverberate today.

In the first two episode of Journey Through Time, David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell explore a terrorist attack that shook America, led to the creation of new national security agencies, and helped push the United States toward war. But it’s not 9/11 They uncover the story of 1916 Black Tom Island explosion — a devastating blast that rockedManhattan and helped pave the way for America’s modern security state.

In upcoming episode, David and Sara uncover the remarkable story of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president in the United States in 1872; track the path of the Great Storm of 1703, the most violent weather event ever recorded in England; and follow the scandalous murder of architect Stanford White, a crime that exposed the dart side of America’s Gilded Age.

They’ll revisit the Great Exhibition of 1851, where Britain put its industrial might and its insecurities on display; explore the true story of Bass Reeves, the formerly enslaved man who became one of the most legendary US Marshals of the American West; and uncover the lives of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, two women who defied the British Empire to become pirates in the Caribbean.

Joining as a launch partner for the show, the online genealogy service Findmypast, while Google’s NotebookLM is also coming on board to support research across the series.

Adelicious Partners With Lock It In Studio

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Lock It In, the podcast production company founded by Absolute Radio’s Andy Bush, has partnered with the UK’s leading independent podcast network Adelicious to bring comedy, history, and entertainment podcast portfolio, and any new future shows, to the network.

This includes quiz podcast Guestimators  – described as ‘Family Fortunes meets Only Connect; Scarred For Life, the TV and film podcast where celebrities confess three terrifying items or events from their childhood; DEADPOD, a comedy/history crossover that breaks taboos around death; and the A to Z series of podcasts documenting the most significant cultural moments of the 1980s and 1990s in alphabetical order.

Adelicious will work with Lock It In on audience growth strategies and commercialization, enabling growth for both existing shows and future productions in its portfolio.

This year, Adelicious welcomed Sh**ged. Married. Annoyed. – one of the UK’s most loved podcasts — to its network, as well as the full podcast portfolio with Immediate, the home to many of the UK’s favourite consumer brands. It also partnered with publishing Hearst UK to monetise its current slate of shows and future launches.

Craig Eastwood, Commercial Operations Director for Adelicious, said: “Lock it in are still fairly new, but they’re already stepping up and making their mark, creating the kind of audiences and brands that get people talking. Their entertaining, culturally tuned approach is exactly what audiences and brands are looking for, and we’re really pleased to be working with them at Adelicious as they build toward a bright future.”

Andy Bush, Co-Founder of Lock It In, added: “We were actively looking for a new partner to help take our podcast portfolio to the next level, and everyone we spoke to in the podcast world pointed us in the direction of Adelicious. The reputation they’ve built in such a short period of time is exceptional and we can’t wait to see what we can deliver together.”

Lock It In was founded in 2024 by Bush, the voice of Sometime for 2.2m weekly listeners, Will Nichols (former VP, Content Development at Universal Music) and Matt Cutter, the sports journalist behind breakthrough podcast documentary The Pirates vs the Premier League.

It focuses on podcasts that are inspired by the nuances of British culture, and works with platforms, talent and brands on everything from concepts and content strategy through production, monetization, and promotion. For more information, visit www.lockitin.studio.

Triton Digital Expands Partnership With Audioboom To Deliver Advanced Contextual Targeting And Brand Suitabilityi

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Triton Digital, the global technology and services leader in the digital audio, podcast, and broadcast radio industries, announced a next step in its partnership with Audiboom, the leading global podcast network, as the publisher implements Triton’s Sounder solution across its extensive catalog.

Advertisers looking to target Audioboom’s content will now be able to leverage Sounder’s advanced contextual targeting capabilities and brand suitability tools. This provides Audioboom with enhanced intelligence and control over Showcase, its podcast advertising marketplace. Key features include:

Best-in-Class Contextual Targeting: Sounder’s advanced contextual targeting ensured ads are placed alongside the most relevant content, maximizing campaign effectiveness across Audioboom’s audio content.

Premium Brand Placement: Sounder’s robust brand suitability measures provide peace of mind for advertisers engaging with Audioboom’s diverse audience.

“Implementing Triton Digital’s Sounder solution marks another transformative moment in our partnership,” said Stuart Last, CEO of Audioboom. “Having worked with Triton Digital for years on podcast measurement and recently fully moving to TAP, we’re excited to enhance our advertising capabilities through the use of Sounder. This integration not only strengthens our position as a leader in podcast monetization, but also empowers us to increase monetization for content creators and provide better value to advertising partners through more intelligent content understanding and ad placement capabilities.

“This collaboration strengthens a partnership that began with Audioboom’s exclusive participation in Triton’s U.S., Latin American, and Australia Podcast Reports, which provides content creators, marketers, media buyers, and the audio industry as a whole with validated metrics on the most popular shows who opt-in to participate. The integration of Sounder’s technology represents the next evolution in this relationship, enabling a more sophisticated, data-driven advertising experience that benefits content creators and advertisers within the growing podcast ecosystem.

“This expansion of our partnership with Audioboom demonstrates our ongoing commitment to advancing podcast advertising technology,” said Sharon Taylor, Executive Vice President of Podcast and Content Delivery Triton Digital. “The integration of Sounder’s capabilities with Audioboom’s extensive podcast network creates new opportunities for publishers and advertisers to connect with audiences more effectively while maintaining the highest standards of brand suitability.”

The partnership comes as Audioboom continues to demonstrate its market leadership, ranking among the top sales networks in Triton Digital’s U.S. Podcast Report for 2024 with 13.2M average weekly downloads, with top shows including the Broski Report with Britanny Broski The Tim Dillon Show, Smosh Reads Reddit Stories, The Bulwark and Canceled with Tana Mongeau & Brook Schofield in its network.

Iconic Series This Old House Comes To Public Radio With New Weekly Show

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LAist Studios and American Public Media (APM) announced the launch of This Old House Radio Hour, an innovative new series from the creators of the beloved television series This Old House, currently available on the Roku Channel and PBS. The radio show is co-produced by LAist Studios, This Old House Productions, and Ember20 and distributed to public radio stations nationwide by APM.

The hour-long show begins airing on March 22, and will bring the spirit of home improvement and do-it-yourself culture to radio audiences, inspiring people of all skill levels to take on projects big and small. The Home Depot is presenting sponsor and launch partner of This Old House Radio Hour and podcast.

This Old House Radio Hour offers listeners a dispatch from the world of home renovation and maker culture, as well as classic “call-in” advice. The show balances practical suggestions with heartfelt storytelling, making it an entertaining must-listen for anyone with a passion for the place they call home. 

Weekly episodes will be offered to APM’s nationwide network of more than 850 stations and also be on-demand as a podcast after the radio broadcast. Stations that have signed on include producing station LAist 89.3, the top public radio station in Los Angeles and second-largest market in the U.S.

Jenn Largess, longtime This Old House personality and editor, will serve as host of This Old House Radio Hour. In addition, episodes will feature fan-favorite talent from This Old House, including General Contractor Zack Dettmore and Plumbing and Heating Expert Richard Trethewey as well as a new generation of craftspeople who have emerged from social media and other non-traditional outlets, blending know-how with fresh, creative perspectives.

“For decades, This Old House has been the most trusted and most authentic source of home improvement information on television. Now, we’re excited to share the expertise and insights of our team with radio listeners as well,” says Chris Wolfe, executive producer of This Old House.

“Southern California is home to every type of dwelling and architecture, and the LAist audience has consistently identified housing issues as a top interest,” said Shana Naomi Krochmal, vice president of LAist Studios. “That was true for Angelenos even before the recent wildfires, and so many in our community begin the long and difficult process to rebuild and resettle, we hope this show can be a familiar and helpful companion. We’re proud to partner with the experts at This Old House to bring this new show to our listeners at home and those across the country.”

Recurring segments include:

Ask This Old House: Have a question about plumbing, electrical work, roofing or landscaping? This Old House experts will tackle real listener queries, solving household mysteries and offering step-by-step advice.

My Old House: Prominent figures like American Pickers’ Mike Wolfe, historian Doris Kerns Goodwin, musician Rosanne Cash, filmmaker Ken Burns, and actor Alessandro Nivola share heartfelt stories about the homes that shaped their lives.

Save This Old House: In collaboration with Ethan and Elizabeth Finkelstein, whose popular Cheap Old Houses social accounts boast over three million combined followers, listeners explore the potential of historic properties — some available for as little as $10 — and debate what it takes to bring them back to life.

What’s That Sound?: A fun, interactive game where listeners guess the sound of a tool or job site activity for a chance to win prizes.

A Simple Fix: Quick, simple, and actionable solutions for common household problems such as clogged drains, squeaky hinges and fridge odors.

Since 1979, This Old House has been a fixture on local PBS stations nationwide. Now, in is 46th season, current and past episodes of the show are also available for free on the Roku Channel.

Google X’s Captain Of Moonshots Astro Teller To Host The Moonshot Podcast

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The Moonshot Podcast, a ten-part podcast series hosted by Google X Caption of Moonshots, Astro Teller, launched from SXSW 2025 with a celebratory morning launch event and lie panel on March 10 2025. The event included prototypes of some of the most celebrated innovations from Google X, interview clips of the creators lauded for the innovations.

The podcast chronicles the untold stories of innovation — both highs and lows – from 15 years inside Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory.  In conversation with thinkers and creators behind X, the Moonshot Factory’s most audacious projects including self driving cars, wearables, robots, computer systems that code themselves, Internet balloons, laser internet, wildfire prediction, and so much more. Astro explores huge problems, radical solutions and breakthrough technologies that have the potential to reshape our world.

Said Astro Teller, “This year we’re celebrating 15 years of moonshot taking. We saw this as a great opportunity to go back and talk to those who helped shape key moonshots over X’s history – particularly people who invented new technologies that have transformed industries or created new ones. Through our conversations, we hear their reflections on the process of experimentation, the evolution of technology, and what the future holds for critical spaces like transportation, connectivity, computing, and sustainability,”

The podcast will explore important questions like How doe we achieve the clean, green energy dream? and Can technology give our planet a second chance? While diving into the history of exciting project like Waymo, Brain, Everyday Robots, and Google Glass.

The Moonshot Podcast embodies optimism, realism, inspiration and resilience in the face of the world’s most pressing social and environmental threats. This is an unprecedented opportunity to take an unfiltered look into X, the Moonshot Factory, and the people working to solve some of the world’s hardest problems. Radical innovation is never straightforward, but it holds the keys to unlocking human progress and this series will show listeners how.

AdTech Leader Jason Kalin Joins Frequency As Chief Commercial Officer

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Frequency, audio’s leader in workflow and ad management, announces the addition of adtech veteran Jason Kalin as its new Chief Commercial Officer. As part of Frequency’s leadership team, Kalin will guide the company’s next phase of growth, overseeing sales, marketing, and customer success.

With over 20 years of adtech leadership, Jason brings an impressive track record of driving expansion, building high-performance teams, and scaling revenue for growth stage companies. Most recently, Jason served as the Chief Business Officer at Nativo, a top native ad exchange and creative ad platform for brands and publishers, where he led the company’s core SaaS and monetization lines of business.

Jason joins Frequency at a time of accelerated momentum, as the company introduces new monetization opportunities and innovation for creator networks, publishers, and advertisers. As Frequency expands its offering, Jason will help unlock strategic growth opportunities, bringing Frequency’s suite of products to new markets and channels.

“Frequency has a unique vision of the future of ad monetization — not just in audio, but across all creator networks. As consumption of creator content accelerates, the lack of real infrastructure for ad monetization remains a bottleneck to new opportunities,” says Jason Kalin. “I’m thrilled to join Frequency at such a dynamic time, helping the company strategically connect the ecosystem and support the new growth.”

“Jason’s proven success in helping brands harness the power of content and providing publishers with greater monetization opportunities will be invaluable for advancing Frequency’s mission,” says Pete Jimison, CEO of Frequency. “By fostering key relationships and empowering partners with better tools, we will move quickly to shape new opportunities in this fast-growing channel of podcasting.”

Interested in hearing more? Visit frequencyads.com or contact Jason at jason@frequencyads.com.

Crowd Network Launches Second Series Of Award Winning Greenpeace UK Podcast

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Crowd Network (Crowd), one of Europe’s fastest growing independent podcast networks, has launched a second season of Oceans: Life Under Water in collaboration with Greenpeace UK.

Series two comes hot on the heels of an incredibly successful first series, which won a Bronze Climate award at the 2024 British Podcast Awards and was nominated in the Listener’s Choice category. It will comprise 12 episodes, each covering amazing stories of the wonders of the ocean — from beautiful coral reefs and stunning species like dolphins and turtle, to threats like deep sea mining.

Producing series took two took the Crowd team across the world, recording episode in the Arctic Circle on the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, where the Greenpeace team conducted a scientific expedition to campaign again deep-sea mining plans in the Arctic. Among a series of actions, the podcast’s logo was projected onto an iceberg. Wildlife filmmaker, zoologist, and broadcast Hannah Sitfall makes a return as host.

Oceans: Life Under Water aims to make listeners fall in love with the oceans, while educating them on the threats they face, to promote the need to protect underwater environments. It is part Greenpeace’s “Oceans Are Life” campaign, which seek to protect 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030 and ban any mining projects in the deep sea.

The second series’ launch forms part of Crowd’s ongoing relationship with Greenpeace. As week as Oceans: Life Under Water, the organizations partnered to relaunch SystemShift earlier this year, a podcast with Greenpeace International that has run for two series.

It comes as Crowd continues to work with notable brands and names such as Joe Marler, Dan Cole, and Ben Youngs to tell stories through creative audio, video, and social channels.

Mike Carr, CEO of Crowd Network, commented: “We’re always looking for new ways to push creative boundaries and engage audiences, and the second series of Oceans enabled us to do just that. Creating much of this series from the heart of the Arctic Circle was an incredible experience, helping us to bring Greenpeace UK’s mission to life uniquely and intimately. The Crowd team continue to take our production capabilities to new heights as we draw in audiences and tell stories in novel ways, Oceans is a perfect example of that.”

James Hanson, Head of Communications and Engagement for Greenpeace UK’s Oceans Are Life campaign, added “2025 is a crucial year for the oceans, with several international events potentially leading to key decisions. We have seen firsthand how the podcast has been able to reach audiences that might have previously been more skeptical about climate issues, encouraging them to engage with the challenge positively. 

The huge success of series one of Oceans is testament to the creative partnership we forged with Crowd, so working together on a second series made perfect sense. We can’t wait to see how series two will land as we continue to delve into the wonders of our oceans.”

Veritonic Unveils Pioneering Audience Insights To Deliver Accurate, Scalable Podcast Content

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Veritonic, the industry’s leading audio research and analytics platform, announced today the launch of its Audience Insights solution, a breakthrough offering designed to provide precise, scalable, and cost-effective demographic data for podcast networks, advertisers, and publishers. By combining device graph technology with self-reported listener data, Veritonic’s solution ensures a comprehensive and validated understanding of podcast audiences — enabling industry stakeholders to make more informed content and advertising decisions.

Accurate audience data has long been a challenge for the podcasting industry, with traditional solutions often being unreliable, costly, or incomplete. Veritonic’s Audience Insights solution bridges this gap by leveraging a sophisticated, multi-source approach to provide clear, more actionable insights into listener demographics. By combining various data input and methodologies.

“With the rapid growth of podcasting, advertising and publishers need reliable audience data to drive smarter decisions,” said Scott Simonelli, CEO of Veritonic. “Our Audience Insights solution finally delivers an accurate, scalable, and cost-effective way to understand podcast audiences at a deeper level, ensuring that brands and creators can maximize engagement and revenue.”

Among the networks that have explored the solution is True Native Media, a premier podcast representation agency. “Access to accurate and affordable demographic data is crucial for podcast advertisers and networks alike,” said Heather Osgood, CEO and Founder of True Native Media. “Veritonic’s Audience Insights solution demonstrates a strong capability to provide the clarity needed to better understand listeners and optimize both content and advertising strategies.”

For more information on the solution or to request a demo, contact sales@veritonic.com or visit www.veritonic.com/contact.

About Veritonic

World-renowned brands, agencies, publishers, and platforms rely on Veritonic’s comprehensive audio analytics and research platform to research, test, and measure the ROI of their audio assets and campaigns pre-market, in-market, and post-campaign.

The resulting insight enables clients to gain confidence in their audio investment, mitigate risk through optimization, and increase their return as they engage with compelling audio experiences. 

Award Winning Podcaster Dom Harvey Re-Signs Global Music-Year Partnership With Acast

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Independent podcast company Acast has re-signed New Zealand broadcaster, author and marathon runner Dom Harvey, whose award-winning podcast boasts 4.4 total downloads (2.6m audio and 1.8m YouTube).

Launched in 2022, The Dom Harvey Podcast features explosive interviews with guests who have remarkable stories to share, including household names Olympian Dame Lisa Carrington, former New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Jon Key and international model Rachel Hunter. Harvey’s interviews reveal extraordinary personal stories, life lessons and vulnerabilities, with episodes frequently receiving international media coverage.

With an illustrious broadcasting career, Harvey was the host of The Edge’s breakfast show for 20 years, winning the prestigious Sir Paul Holmes Award for New Zealand Broadcaster of the Year. Harvey is a passionate runner and has completed six of the world marathon majors. In 2018, he ran five marathons in five days and was awarded the ‘Kiwi Local Hero’ medal after raising NZD $250,000 for charity.

In 2024, Harvey and award-winning radio broadcaster Jay-Jay Feeney dove further into the world of podcasting by launching PodLab, a studio space in Auckland that specializes in the development, recording and producing of podcasts. Used by both companies and individual creators, PodLab draws on Harvey and Feeney’s extensive media experiences to contribute to the growth of podcast production in New Zealand.

Ryan Lamont, Senior Podcast Development Manager at Acast (Australia & New Zealand), says:

“It’s important to highlight and celebrate re-signings with key talent, along with our roster of new Kiwi signings, as Acast continues to expend its presence and support of New Zealand talent in the ever-growing podcast space. Dom is a great example of traditional media talent who have found creative control, commercial freedom and revitalized passion for storytelling in the podcast medium.”

Harvey says: “It’s been a crazy three years in the podcast space, so I am frothing about working closely with Acast to see where we can be in another three years from now.”

The Dom Harvey Podcast has won multiple awards, with a hat trick of ‘Best Entertainment Podcast; ‘Best Independent Podcast’ and ‘Podcast of the Year’ at the 2024 New Zealand Podcast Awards, and ‘Best Independent Podcast’ at the 2024 New Zealand Radio & Podcast Awards. The twice-weekly show receives 100k monthly listens and is a regular feature in the top 20 Spotify and Apple charts.

Harvey has signed another multi-year deal with Acast, who will be the exclusive hosting, distribution and monetization partner for the podcast globally. The partnership will include ad and sponsorship opportunities on the audio podcast, video podcast and associated social channels, where Harvey has a combined reach over 100k followers.