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Leading Digital Audio Service Companies Announce New Hires and Parent Company:
Live365, EmpireStreaming part of Media Creek, Inc., Expanded Leadership with Industry Vets
Live365, EmpireStreaming part of Media Creek, Inc., Expanded Leadership with Industry Vets
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Pittsburgh, Pa., February 20, 2018 -- Live365, a pioneer in internet radio and broadcasting services, and EmpireStreaming, a leading audio-centric CDN and services company, announced today that both are now part of Media Creek, Inc., a newly-formed Delaware holding company of audio-centric companies.
As part of the acquisitions, Media Creek recently added a roster of new leadership team members with substantial digital audio experience. Digital Audio industry vets ROCKIE THOMAS and SEAN LOZENSKY, both formerly with AdsWizz, will join JON STEPHENSON as Media Creek partners, co-founders, and executive leadership. Thomas will lead business and revenue efforts as Chief Revenue Officer, Lozensky will lead technology and development efforts as Chief Technology Officer, and Stephenson remains Media Creek’s Chief Executive Officer.
Also joining the team as Media Creek’s General Manager overseeing the company’s corporate infrastructure and leading royalty compliance is industry vet JOHNIE FLOATER. In addition, JASON STODDARD has joined Media Creek as Vice President of Broadcasting, leading the reboot of Live365 focusing on publisher platform development and satisfaction while DRAGOS PANA joins as Head of Demand, focusing on total publisher yield optimization and managing ad operation services.
“Our goal is to assemble the most talented and innovative team in Digital Audio. Thomas and Lozensky are known in the industry as the ‘Dream Team’ for their 20 plus years of digital audio business, technology innovation, and experience with literally every angle of our industry”, said Stephenson, Media Creek Inc.’s CEO. “Floater’s musical licensing experience spans to before collection societies even had licenses for streaming; he will be instrumental in ensuring Media Creek’s companies continue to provide legal pathways for royalty compliance for webcasters. Stoddard was with Live365 during the early, mid, and late years. Bringing him back from eBay will provide the bridge of large historical Live365 knowledge with future Live365 innovation. Pana, also a former AdsWizz staffer, brings an immense background in audio ad tech and recently lead development of a native ad SSP for a large gaming platform” said Stephenson, Media Creek Inc.’s CEO. “When you add this new leadership to our already strong staff of full blown digital audiophiles, expect some pretty incredible innovation from Media Creek companies”, Stephenson continued.
About Media Creek, Inc.
Media Creek is a holding company and incubator of digital audio-centric companies empowering both audio publishers and advertisers. Their portfolio include companies focusing on digital audio and podcast CDN and hosting, micro-casting, content curation, royalty compliance platforms, monetization services, and audio advertising technology innovation.
About Live365
Since its inception in 1999, Live365 has been innovating the Internet radio and broadcasting space. The Live365 radio network features hundreds of genres of diverse music and talk curated and programmed by real humans. Live365’s end-to-end broadcast platform enables individuals and organizations alike by giving them a voice to reach audiences through easy-to-use tools and services, as well as fully compliant licensing coverage and monetization options.
About EmpireStreaming
EmpireStreaming provides a full suite of services for all types of digital audio publishers including AM/FM simulcast, linear PurePlay and Podcasters. With EmpireStreaming, publishers can earn revenue, gain insightful data on their users and reach a larger global audience utilizing EmpireStreaming’s full stack of mobile and desktop applications delivered on the only audio-centric content delivery network built for today’s audio publisher needs.
CONTACT
Sarah Osborne
Community Manager
606 Liberty Avenue
Suite 210
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
pr@live365.com
Pittsburgh, Pa., February 20, 2018 -- Live365, a pioneer in internet radio and broadcasting services, and EmpireStreaming, a leading audio-centric CDN and services company, announced today that both are now part of Media Creek, Inc., a newly-formed Delaware holding company of audio-centric companies.
As part of the acquisitions, Media Creek recently added a roster of new leadership team members with substantial digital audio experience. Digital Audio industry vets ROCKIE THOMAS and SEAN LOZENSKY, both formerly with AdsWizz, will join JON STEPHENSON as Media Creek partners, co-founders, and executive leadership. Thomas will lead business and revenue efforts as Chief Revenue Officer, Lozensky will lead technology and development efforts as Chief Technology Officer, and Stephenson remains Media Creek’s Chief Executive Officer.
Also joining the team as Media Creek’s General Manager overseeing the company’s corporate infrastructure and leading royalty compliance is industry vet JOHNIE FLOATER. In addition, JASON STODDARD has joined Media Creek as Vice President of Broadcasting, leading the reboot of Live365 focusing on publisher platform development and satisfaction while DRAGOS PANA joins as Head of Demand, focusing on total publisher yield optimization and managing ad operation services.
“Our goal is to assemble the most talented and innovative team in Digital Audio. Thomas and Lozensky are known in the industry as the ‘Dream Team’ for their 20 plus years of digital audio business, technology innovation, and experience with literally every angle of our industry”, said Stephenson, Media Creek Inc.’s CEO. “Floater’s musical licensing experience spans to before collection societies even had licenses for streaming; he will be instrumental in ensuring Media Creek’s companies continue to provide legal pathways for royalty compliance for webcasters. Stoddard was with Live365 during the early, mid, and late years. Bringing him back from eBay will provide the bridge of large historical Live365 knowledge with future Live365 innovation. Pana, also a former AdsWizz staffer, brings an immense background in audio ad tech and recently lead development of a native ad SSP for a large gaming platform” said Stephenson, Media Creek Inc.’s CEO. “When you add this new leadership to our already strong staff of full blown digital audiophiles, expect some pretty incredible innovation from Media Creek companies”, Stephenson continued.
About Media Creek, Inc.
Media Creek is a holding company and incubator of digital audio-centric companies empowering both audio publishers and advertisers. Their portfolio include companies focusing on digital audio and podcast CDN and hosting, micro-casting, content curation, royalty compliance platforms, monetization services, and audio advertising technology innovation.
About Live365
Since its inception in 1999, Live365 has been innovating the Internet radio and broadcasting space. The Live365 radio network features hundreds of genres of diverse music and talk curated and programmed by real humans. Live365’s end-to-end broadcast platform enables individuals and organizations alike by giving them a voice to reach audiences through easy-to-use tools and services, as well as fully compliant licensing coverage and monetization options.
About EmpireStreaming
EmpireStreaming provides a full suite of services for all types of digital audio publishers including AM/FM simulcast, linear PurePlay and Podcasters. With EmpireStreaming, publishers can earn revenue, gain insightful data on their users and reach a larger global audience utilizing EmpireStreaming’s full stack of mobile and desktop applications delivered on the only audio-centric content delivery network built for today’s audio publisher needs.
CONTACT
Sarah Osborne
Community Manager
606 Liberty Avenue
Suite 210
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
pr@live365.com