A Freund Of Norm

• Veteran media exec Billy Freund has joined PodcastOne as Co-Chief Operating Officer, based at the company’s Beverly Hills headquarters. He will share COO responsibilities with his east coast counterpart, Greg Batusic.

Norm Pattiz, Founder and Executive Chairman of PodcastOne, said, “Billy — his actual legal name — and I worked together at Westwood One for several years. 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.” That’s Freund, left, with Pattiz.

Freund notably co-founded Triton Digital Media in 2006 and served as EVP of Triton Media Group until December of 2012. He has also worked with Clip Interactive, Westwood One/Metro Networks, Chancellor Media and Katz Media Group. Freund remarked, “I’m very excited to join the PodcastOne team, working shoulder-to-shoulder with Norm 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.”