Tribune Media's New Podcast Network Picks Art19 As Platform

Podcasts

TRIBUNE MEDIA has chosen ART19 as its podcast platform partner for its new TRIBUNE AUDIO NETWORK.  The podcast network will include shows produced by TRIBUNE properties, which presently include News-Talk WGN-A/CHICAGO as well as CW affiliates WPIX-TV (PIX 11)/NEW YORK and KTLA-TV/LOS ANGELES, independent WGN-TV/CHICAGO with local cable channel CLTV and the national WGN AMERICA cable network, MY NETWORK TV affiliate WPHL-TV/PHILADELPHIA, and many others. TRIBUNE is in the process of being sold to NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, although divestitures and spinoffs are expected to bring NEXSTAR under FCC ownership caps.

“We have big aspirations to deliver great audio-on-demand content to our audiences and relevancy to our advertising partners,” said TRIBUNE MEDIA VP/Strategy and Business Development KERRY OSLUND. “ART19’s integrated content and advertising platform will help us create new opportunities and scale quickly, all while monetizing new shows and back-catalogs with highly targeted, always refreshed, advertising and marketing elements.”

“ART19 allows companies like TRIBUNE to transform data into real selling-points for advertisers,” said ART19 CEO SEAN CARR. “By providing TRIBUNE AUDIO NETWORK better data and targeting, they will be able to showcase real proof points on the best ways to reach and engage their audiences. It’s a win-win for TRIBUNE and their partners.”

TRIBUNE SVP/News BART FEDER said, “A-list newsmakers and influencers pass through our doors and lives every day, thanks to the trust built by the voices and personalities at TRIBUNE.  Podcasting gives us intimate and entertaining new ways for our anchors and reporters across the country to bring their journalistic expertise and passion for their communities to mobile audiences and listeners.”

KTLA News Dir. and TRIBUNE VP/Content Development JASON BALL added, “At KTLA in LOS ANGELES, the station just launched a new podcast using ART19’s distribution platform, ‘DIVA DEFINED WITH SHERYL LEE RALPH,’ featuring the legendary stage and screen actress as she hosts empowering, inspirational conversations with women. As we continue to develop TRIBUNE AUDIO NETWORK, we’ll continue to extend invitations to emerging and known talent with diverse ideas.”

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