PodcastOne Appoints Billy Freund as Co-COO

RADIO ONLINE | Monday, April 23, 2018

Billy Freund

Veteran media executive Billy Freund joins PodcastOne as co-COO. He'll work with with east coast-based Greg Batusic, sharing Chief Operating Officer responsibilities, and is based in the company's Beverly Hills headquarters. Freund is a 20-year veteran operating and managing companies in the broadcast and digital media space. Most recently, he served as EVP/Chief Revenue Officer of Clip Interactive.

Freund said, "I am very excited to join the PodcastOne team, working shoulder-to-shoulder with Norman Pattiz, Kit Gray and Greg Batusic to continue the company's explosive growth across its 250 exclusive podcast programs and highly effective, non-cluttered advertising environment in more than 2.9 billion annual user sessions."

"Billy - his actual legal name - and I worked together at Westwood One for several years," said Founder and Executive Chairman Norman Pattiz. "He understands the space, and his background, not only in sales but also technology, operations and affiliations, will provide us with even more unique and valuable input to power the growth of the company."