The nation’s largest owner of broadcast radio stations has flipped the switch on a “first-of-its-kind” Private Marketplace designed to provide advertisers with programmatic buying access to distribute their marketing to audiences across programs found on its podcast network.
The iHeartPodcast Network, which considers itself to be “the No. 1 podcast publisher globally,” will now be accessible to CMOs, media buyers and brand managers that seek their “own unique, tailored marketplaces” composed of specific audience targets and pricing.
The advancement is thanks to new technology developed through iHeartMedia’s recently acquired Voxnest.
The iHeartPodcast Network includes such offerings as “Stuff You Should Know,” the Will Ferrell-hosted “The Ron Burgundy Podcast” and the “Atlanta Monster.” On-air talent from iHeartMedia-owned radio stations can also be found, including “The Breakfast Club” on-demand podcasts.
Brian Kaminsky, Chief Data Officer and President of Revenue Strategies for iHeartMedia, commented, “We acquired Voxnest last Fall with the plan to be able to provide podcast advertisers with additional targetable inventory at scale by allowing the effective and efficient monetization across an entire range of podcast inventory. Voxnest connects all of the fragmented platforms that exist in podcasting – the launch of this Private Marketplace is a huge milestone in the podcast industry and advances these capabilities to buyers. Our podcasts attract some of the most engaged and passionate podcast listeners in the world and now advertisers will have massive scale and highly specific targeting at their fingertips, to reach these hundreds of millions of listeners who are now consuming podcasts.”
With the new Private Marketplace, advertisers will have the ability to reach their specific audience based on three specialized targeting options: Category, Geolocation, and Psychographic.
The company also notes that iHeartMedia’s Private Marketplace will offer advertisers multiple deal types including Programmatic Guaranteed (PG), Preferred Deal (PD), Private Auction (PA) and Open Marketplace (OMP).
Buyers interested can email [email protected].
