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AudioBoom

AudioBoom PLC is an on-demand audio and podcasting distribution platform. AudioBoom offers business-to-business services to the radio, media and podcast industries.

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AudioBoom
Type of site
On-Demand Audio & Podcasting Platform
Available inEnglish, Spanish
Traded asAIM: BOOM1
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom2
No. of locations
Area servedWorldwide
CEOStuart Last
Key people
  • Brad Clarke
  • Jon Del Strother
URLaudioboom.com
Launched2013 (2013)

AudioBoom PLC is an on-demand audio and podcasting distribution platform. AudioBoom offers business-to-business services to the radio, media and podcast industries.

AudioBoom's platform has been used to power on-demand audio for businesses including BBC, The Spectator3 Associated Press, NBC Sports, Yahoo!, Cumulus Media and Westwood One.

The company is based in London with offices in New York. It became AIM-listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2014 as Audioboom Group Limited (AIM: BOOM).

History

The company was founded in 2009 by Mark Rock, a former co-founder of PlayJam,4 as Audioboom Limited, with funding from 4iP, Channel 4's technology innovation fund. The original name was Audioboo.fm.5

The initial product was a "social sound sharing platform", a free iPhone app and a website that allowed users to share audio clips up to five minutes long. Early high-profile users included Stephen Fry, Chris Moyles, the British Library and The Guardian. The latter used it to cover the 2009 G20 London summit protests.6 The platform was also used to share audio during the Arab Spring.7

In October 2012, Rob Proctor replaced Rock as CEO, and Rock left the company on 1 May 2013.8 Proctor refocused the business on providing content from professional broadcasters, and Audioboo was renamed audioBoom.9

The main shareholders were UBC Media Group and Slovar Limited.10 In 2014 they sold their shares in a reverse takeover to the listed company One Delta plc., changing the name of the latter to Audioboom Group plc (AIM symbol BOOM).1112

The AudioBoom mobile app was discontinued in May 2019.13

Features

AudioBoom provides hosting, publishing, distribution and monetization services for on-demand content. Key features include:

  • Unlimited audio hosting on branded content channels through a publisher dashboard
  • Automated distribution through partnerships with Apple Podcasts, CastBox, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeart, RadioPublic, Spotify, Stitcher and TuneIn.14
  • Embeddable media players
  • Advanced analytics and consumption data
  • Monetization through podcast sponsorships and a built-in ad network

Key users and partners

  • Russell Brand's podcast series, featuring Matt Morgan and resident poet Mr. Gee, launched exclusively on AudioBoom in February 2015 and ended in May 2015.15
  • BBC Radio, including radios 2, 4 and 6, a number of local radio stations, and several World Service non-English language stations.16
  • The Premier League joined in late 2013, hosting its podcast17 and promoting the use of AudioBoom among Premier League clubs.
  • Stephen Fry18 recorded a welcome message which was sent to all new users.

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References

  1. "audioBoom Group PLC". Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  2. "About audioBoom".
  3. "Spectator Radio". audioboom.com. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  4. "Mark Rock, founder and CEO, audioboo.fm". The Guardian. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  5. "Mark Rock, founder and CEO, audioboo.fm". The Guardian. 2011-10-19. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  6. "MediaGuardian 100 2010 - 14. Mark Rock". The Guardian. 19 July 2010.
  7. Halliday, Josh (6 June 2011). "Mark Rock: 'Radio hasn't innovated for 60 years'". The Guardian.
  8. Kiss, Jemima (10 April 2013). "Mark Rock to quit Audioboo". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  9. Collins, Barry (January 2015). "Profile: audioBoom". PC Pro. Dennis Publishing. p. 20.
  10. "UBC Media : Update on progress of investment in Audioboo and proposed acquisition of 7digital". 14 April 2014.
  11. "Acquisition, Name Change and Notice of AGM".
  12. Sweney, Mark (20 May 2014). "UBC merges with 7digital to create £30m multimedia group". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  13. "Audioboom To Discontinue Mobile App for Recording and Podcast Listening". Audioboom. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  14. "Distribution Overview". Audioboom. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  15. "The Final Episode". Audioboom. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  16. "BBC gives the word to AudioBoo". Financial Times.(subscription required)
  17. "audioBoom / Premier League". Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  18. Stephen Fry's audioBoom page Archived 2010-07-26 at the Wayback Machine.