Audacy Boosts Performance Sales Team

• Audacy has seriously boosted its Performance Sales team with the hire of Shirin Peykar as Senior Vice President of Performance Sales, and Dan Wolman as Vice President of Performance Sales, reporting to Peykar.

Peykar (left) reports to Ken Lagana, EVP of Digital Sales, who said, “Shirin’s rich experience leading multi-faceted ad sales operations for premier media and entertainment companies makes her a valuable addition to our performance sales business. We’re equally as excited about the addition of Dan to the team, which will collectively strive to drive revenue, market share and profit performance for our portfolio of assets.”

Peykar joins Audacy after spending the last two years as SVP of Direct Response Ad Sales for Stitcher. Prior to that, she served as VP of Direct Response for Stitcher’s Midroll Media. Earlier stops include NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, Univision Communications, Nickelodeon and Viacom. She launched her career in 2000 as a sales coordinator for USA Networks. “I’ve been watching Audacy’s progression in the podcast space over the past couple of years and their commitment to building a world-class podcast portfolio has really impressed me,” said Peykar. “When you couple that dedication to the podcast space and audio in general, I couldn’t be more excited about bringing this portfolio to our performance clients and agencies!”

Wolman also joins Audacy from Stitcher, where he spent the last two years as VP of Performance Sales for the company and SXM Media. He previously held executive sales roles for Hulu, Univision Communications and Turner Broadcasting. “Audacy is the industry leader in audio while remaining innovative, representing chart-topping content, generating loyal listeners, and serving as the home to influential talent,” said Wolman. “This is a performance seller’s dream! I’m excited to leverage my linear, OTT and audio experience with this role and celebrate many wins with Audacy and our client partners.”