AudioNow
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name = AudioNow |
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type = Private |
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foundation = 2008 |
location = Washington, D.C., USA |
area_served = Worldwide |
key_people = Elan Blutinger
(President) & (CEO) |
num_employees = 10-50(June 2014) |
industry = Telecommunications |
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homepage = [http://www.audionow.com audionow.com] |
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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.{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.audionow.com/about-us/?lang=en|website=www.audionow.com|publisher=AudioNow|accessdate=27 June 2014}}
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.{{cite web|title=PH radio programs now available to Filipinos in US via mobile phone |url=http://globalnation.inquirer.net/106343/ph-radio-programs-now-available-to-filipinos-in-us-via-mobile-phone|publisher=Inquirer.net|accessdate=27 June 2014}} 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.{{cite web|title=BBC World Service and AudioNow Announce Accord|url=http://www.radioworld.com/article/bbc-world-service-and-audionow-announce-accord-/270678|website=www.radioworld.com|publisher=Radio World|accessdate=27 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614091948/http://www.radioworld.com/article/bbc-world-service-and-audionow-announce-accord-/270678|archive-date=14 June 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Featured Access |url=http://www.audionow.com/featured-access-numbers/?lang=en |website=www.audionow.com |publisher=AudioNow |accessdate=27 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703011715/http://www.audionow.com/featured-access-numbers/?lang=en |archivedate=3 July 2014 }}{{cite web|title=IMG COLLEGE PARTNERS WITH AUDIO NOW|url=http://www.wvusports.com/page.cfm?story=24278|website=www.wvusports.com|publisher=West Virginia University|accessdate=27 June 2014}}{{cite web|title=VOA Programming is Now Available in U.S. by Mobile Phone|url=http://www.insidevoa.com/content/voa-programming-is-now-available-in-us-by-mobile-phone/1926127.html|website=www.insidevoa.com|publisher=Voice of America|accessdate=27 June 2014}}
In June 2018, AudioNow was acquired by Zeno Radio, now known as Zeno Media.{{Cite web |title=ZenoRadio announces acquisition, rebranding as Zeno Media; CEO shares the details - RAIN News |url=https://rainnews.com/zenoradio-announces-acquisition-rebranding-as-zeno-media-ceo-shares-the-details/ |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=rainnews.com/ |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Media |first=Zeno |date=2018-06-20 |title=ZenoRadio Acquires AudioNow and Announces Global Rebranding to Zeno Media |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/06/20/1527379/0/en/ZenoRadio-Acquires-AudioNow-and-Announces-Global-Rebranding-to-Zeno-Media.html |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=en}}