Audio Ink

Streaming company ZenoRadio announced, Wednesday, the acquisition of AudioNow and a rebranding to Zeno Media. Zeno Media streams to 6 million-plus monthly active users .

Matty Staudt is joining the iHeartRadio podcast team as Vice President of Podcast Programming. Staudt moves over to iHeartRadio from his role as Digital PD for iHeart in San Francisco, where he launched more than 30 original podcasts and developed a local branded podcast strategy. 

A new podcast from Wondery, Inside Jaws, delivers groundbreaking details on Hollywood’s most iconic director and the movie Jaws – real-life victims, Steven Spielberg’s crippling trauma, stuntmen evading death, and an unsolved murder.

Amazon’s new Alexa for Hospitality is now available for hotel owners and iHeartRadio is the default music selection. Guests can just say, “Alexa, play music,” and the Echo devices will automatically launch iHeartRadio.

ESPN Audio’s networks and on-demand content is now available on iHeartRadio. The multiyear agreement allows listeners to livestream via iHeartRadio, including the ESPN Radio Network, ESPN Deportes Radio Network, and much more.

AdLarge Media’s cabana digital audio division is the new sales representative of crime podcast network Murder.ly. Murder.ly offers a wide range of true crime dramas, from conversational to investigative and journalistic.

iHeartMedia has promoted Kavi Halemane to Executive VP/GM of Digital Programming for iHeartRadio. Halemane will be responsible for overseeing iHeart’s Original Digital Music Station Programming, On-Demand Subscription Playlist, and Free Playlist Radio curation and Podcast Programming.

The radio edition of The New York Times’ popular podcast The Daily continues to expand its audience as nine major public radio stations have added, or soon will add, the program to their lineup. The show now airs on 25 stations across the country.

Pandora is teaming up with Snap as the music streaming launch partner for Snap Kit, Snap’s new platform for developers. Pandora listeners will be able to send their favorite songs to friends and family through song cards that display album art on top of an animated background.

Smadex is a mobile programmatic technology company. Smadex will become part of Entravision’s Headway business unit which is a data-driven media buying company for marketers. Headway helps brands optimize and target ad campaigns. Financial details were not disclosed.