SpokenEditions Now Available on iHeartRadio

RADIO ONLINE | Friday, April 21, 2017 | 0:12am CT

SpokenLayer and iHeartRadio have announced the release of nearly forty SpokenEditions onto iHeartMedia's digital music, podcasting and live streaming radio service. SpokenEditions are human-read versions of written content from premium publishers. The collaboration will bring audio versions of some of the top written publications across a number of subjects allowing users to stay up to date on world affairs, tech, politics, gaming, science, and lifestyle news from premium publishers including:

• Bustle
• Fusion
• Gizmodo
• Huffington Post
• IGN
• The Intercept
• Jezebel
• Lifehacker
• Mashable
• OZY
• Playboy
• Reuters
• Skift
• Slate
• TechCrunch
• Time
• Wired

Listenership for podcasts is at an all time high, according to Edison research. 112 million people reported having listened to a podcast. Whether it's at home, on their commute, as they work, or at the gym, podcast listeners are consuming an average of 5 episodes per week. As people start to experience "screen fatigue" at work and at home, listening to news stories has become a welcome alternative to reading.

"We're excited to offer SpokenEditions to our millions of iHeartRadio listeners," said iHeartRadio Senior VP/Podcasting Chris Peterson. "We are committed to providing a robust all-in-one listening experience for our users and by teaming up with SpokenLayer, it allows us to bring innovative new content to iHeartRadio that we know our users will love."

"No other partner offers the massive and multi-channel reach of iHeartRadio. Adding our SpokenEditions to iHeartRadio gives their 100 million registered users access to unique news content from top sources every day unlike traditional weekly podcast content. The deal is a major win for all of our content publishing partners and most of all for listeners," added SpokenLayer CEO Will Mayo.

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