Covid listener surge sees podcast firm’s results perking up
Shares and revenues at UK-based Audioboom are soaring despite stiff competition from the world’s digital giants
May 2014
UBC merges with 7digital to create £30m multimedia group
Digital music service bought in reverse takeover as multimedia company looks to create global music and radio business. By Mark Sweney
April 2013
UBC Media seeks AudioBoo investors
Mark Rock to quit Audioboo
June 2012
UBC Media becomes largest shareholder in AudioBoo
Deal underlines multimedia content provider's move away from radio and TV production into technology, says company CEO. By Mark Sweney
January 2012
RadioPlayer teams up with Audioboo to offer listen-again service
Tieup involving 300-plus stations is likely to benefit smaller commercial and community broadcasters. By John Plunkett
December 2011
Forecast for 2012
Forecast for 2012: Audioboo founder predicts big year for patent wars and data privacy
Mark Rock, founder and chief executive of Audioboo, says the past 12 months highlighted how "marginal" traditional media is becoming – and forecasts a big year in data privacy
June 2011
Top 10 most-listened-to Audioboos
Media interview
Mark Rock: 'Radio hasn't innovated for 60 years'
December 2010
Forecast for 2011
Forecast for 2011: Documentally on the year social media geeks will become the norm
Forecast for 2011
Forecast for 2011: Mark Rock on Twitter's IPO, and Arrington leaving TechCrunch
October 2010
MediaGuardian
Media Talk: City AM makes a profit, Sky Atlantic in focus
City AM's editor on how it makes print pay, Sky Atlantic and the closure of 4iP. Plus, Gamu-gate and Russell Brand's return to radio. With Matt Wells, Steve Ackerman and Jane Martinson
August 2010
PDA
Audioboo's new direct messages - the future for personalised radio?
Jemima Kiss: New feature will let users send private messages to each other - like Twitter's direct messages, but audio
July 2010
MediaGuardian 100 2010 1-100
14. Mark Rock
Job: founder, chief executive, Audioboo Industry: digital media Age: 46 Staff: 7 New entry
June 2010
PDA
Audioboo scores funding from UBC Media
Audioboo has announced a major investment from radio content firm UBC Media, Imagination Technologies and angel investor Don Cruikshank, who now becomes chairman. By Jemima Kiss
February 2010
PDA
BBC's James Cridland joins Audioboo
Former BBC radio head of future media and technology to advise UK sound-sharing website on Pro service. By Mercedes Bunz
November 2009
Media Monkey
Boo to Jon Snow?
Media Monkey: The Channel 4 presenter discovers the delights of Audioboo – without sounding particularly delighted
June 2009
Tech Weekly
Tech Weekly: Intellectual property advice and audioBoo
The founder of the audio sharing app, and intellectual property advice in this week’s programme
PDA
AudioBoo plans to crowdsource its funding
Not content with signing another new cluster of deals, the developers behind iPhone podcasting app AudioBoo are planning to raise funding for the product by, appropriately, crowdsourcing bundles of equity. By Jemima Kiss
