While positioned as a radio merger, this would also be very big news for podcasting.
(And forces the hand of the UK’s Global, which owns the maximum permitted shareholding of iHeart).
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/business/media/siriusxm-iheart-radio.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dlA.XkXi.eHX28YVgq5g4&smid=nytcore-ios-share
James Cridland
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2026-04-25 01:52:32 UTC
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