SAN FRANCISCO – (COMMERCIAL THREAD) –To agree, the world’s leading live audio streaming service, today announced that Stefan Zilch was hired as Managing Director for Germany and opened the company’s first international office in Berlin, as part of the company’s ongoing global growth initiatives. Zilch has over 20 years of digital media experience and previously served as Managing Director of Acast and Spotify. Under Zilch’s leadership, TuneIn will be able to strengthen and form key radio partnerships in Germany, the largest listening market for TuneIn outside of the United States, enabling the company to leverage and expand its global content inventory abroad.
“TuneIn is an industry ally as we together reinvent radio for the modern listener,” said Richard Stern, CEO of TuneIn. “The German radio market is very dynamic, with more than 500 unique radio stations covering more than 65 million listeners. Under Stefan’s leadership, TuneIn will strengthen our ability to serve the German radio market and deliver localized value to our broadcast partners and listeners.
Each month, over 80 million listeners use TuneIn to participate in their favorite sports, music, news, discussions, and podcasts. With industry-leading distribution across 200 connected platforms and devices, TuneIn delivers content from over 100,000 owned, operated and partnered radio stations, and delivers over 5.7 million podcasts. TuneIn brings together the best of radio – live, local and on-demand from around the world.
“TuneIn offers a unique growth opportunity for radio stations around the world, enabling regional broadcasters to reach global audiences without abandoning their traditional distribution models,” Zilch said. “As the radio industry continues to go fully digital, TuneIn is quickly becoming the leading distribution channel for live audio content around the world. I am very happy to be a part of the team and look forward to helping TuneIn reinvent digital radio in Germany with the radio industry and around the world.
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TuneIn, the world’s leading live streaming service, brings together live sports, news, music, podcasts and radio from around the world. With over 80 million monthly active users, TuneIn is one of the most widely used audio streaming platforms in the world. TuneIn broadcasts over 100,000 owned and operated and partnered radio stations and has over 5.7 million podcasts. With preview distribution across 200 connected platforms and devices, TuneIn lets listeners “hear” what they love, wherever they are “here”.
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