Audacy has announced a promotion for Jenna Weiss-Berman to Executive Vice President of Podcasts for the company.
With the new role and title, Weiss-Berman will report to Auadacy’s Chief Digital Officer and President of Podcast and Streaming J.D. Crowley.
Weiss-Berman will oversee Audacy’s podcast network and studios, which include Cadence13 and Pineapple Street Studios. She’ll also work with the company’s sports and news programming leaders to develop and grow original podcasts for the company’s 2400Sports studios and the 28 local newsrooms across the nation.
“I’m excited to help bring together the world-class podcast businesses that already exist under the Audacy umbrella,” said Weiss-Berman. “We have a real opportunity to build a cohesive podcast brand that is greater than the sum of its parts, and I look forward to all that’s ahead.”
Previously, Weiss-Berman was the head of audio for BuzzFeed before joining Pineapple Street Studios, which Audacy acquired in 2019.
“As we commit to accelerating our digital growth and enhancing performance, we’re thrilled to expand Jenna’s role to further unify and streamline our content and business efforts across our leading podcast portfolio, enabling even more rapid development of new and original IP and better leveraging our talent across the entire Audacy portfolio,” said Crowley.
“Jenna’s strong leadership and deep industry relationships will propel us forward on our mission to be a leading partner of audio creators while super-serving listeners of all backgrounds and interests and enabling our sales teams to better serve our customers and partners with unique and compelling podcast opportunities.”
Weiss-Bermann steps into the role vacated by the departure of Chris Corcoran.
“His leadership, passion, and dedication are the creative force that successfully launched and built Cadence13 into the business that it is today, while also helping to position Audacy as a leading podcast company,” Crowley said of Corcoran. “I wish him continued success in his future endeavors.”
