Audioboom will take its partner’s name, while Triton’s Neal Schore will become chief executive and Mark Rosenbaum chief financial officer. Audioboom’s current chief executive Robert Proctor is to step aside and be executive director.
The deal gives Audioboom, home of comedian Romesh Ranganathan’s Hip Hop Saved My Life podcast, access to the US market — reportedly worth $17.5 billion in annual advertising. Dubbed the “Netflix of radio”, Audioboom has Sue Perkins and the QI production team signed up. The firm also reported strong trading since Christmas.
