AudioNow
TypePrivate
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded2008
HeadquartersWashington, D.C., USA
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Elan Blutinger
(President) & (CEO)
Number of employees
10-50(June 2014)
Websiteaudionow.com

AudioNow is a company which connects diaspora communities to their countries of origin and news in their native languages through mobile access to radio and television content. Founded in 2008, AudioNow is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The business currently operates on a call-to-listen platform.[1]

History

AudioNow was founded in 2008 by Elan Blutinger. Blutinger has been a managing director of Alpine Consolidated, LLC since 1996 and led the launch, IPO, and sale of multiple public travel companies in the US and the UK: He subsequently was a Director at Hotels.com and chaired the Special Committee that sold the company to IAC/ InterActiveCorp.

After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the business to expand to Haiti.[2] Partners include the United Nations, BBC, Voice of America, Al Jazeera, IMG College, C-SPAN, Adventist World Radio, Radio Free Asia, and Radio France Internationale.[3][4][5][6]

In June 2018, AudioNow was acquired by Zeno Radio, now known as Zeno Media.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". www.audionow.com. AudioNow. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "PH radio programs now available to Filipinos in US via mobile phone". Inquirer.net. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "BBC World Service and AudioNow Announce Accord". www.radioworld.com. Radio World. Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Featured Access". www.audionow.com. AudioNow. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "IMG COLLEGE PARTNERS WITH AUDIO NOW". www.wvusports.com. West Virginia University. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "VOA Programming is Now Available in U.S. by Mobile Phone". www.insidevoa.com. Voice of America. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "ZenoRadio announces acquisition, rebranding as Zeno Media; CEO shares the details - RAIN News". rainnews.com/. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  8. ↑ Media, Zeno (2018-06-20). "ZenoRadio Acquires AudioNow and Announces Global Rebranding to Zeno Media". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
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