Cortney Matern Email & Phone Number

Oversee digital audio sales and strategy for Katz Media in the South East Region. Leading the advocacy efforts to shine the spotlight on the power of audio to advertisers and agencies with the goal of capitalizing and accelerating the momentum of audio growth for our partners. Responsible for the expansion of digital revenue for Katz Media and all of our partners, as well as collaborating to lead and train the company into new areas of growth in emerging businesses. These include podcasting, digital programmatic buying and selling, and over-the-top (OTT), where Katz is well positioned to win. At Katz Digital, it is my responsibility to strategize on and execute on our overall digital strategy while overseeing all Katz Digital platforms in the South East- led by the representation of the nation's largest customizable, targeted, premium content streaming audio network. Our core offering includes over 3000 broadcast station streams and the exclusive local representation of the world's largest audio channel, Spotify. This premium offering and the strong partnerships we have with both the advertisers and the publishers has led to Katz now working with over 1000 national and local brands as we help them find solutions and achieve their goals in the growing online businesses of Digital Audio, Programmatic Audio and Podcasting. Our mission continues to be the BEST at delivering targeted ads no matter WHEN, WHERE or HOW your core consumer is listening. Katz, an industry leader for over 130 years is the nation's largest media sales organization. We complement our vast traditional media assets of over 3,000 radio stations and 800 television stations with what is now the nation's largest digital audio network (reaching 190 million+ monthly users) and an ever expanding podcast and video offering. Combining best in market technology, premium publishing partners, trust built up over years with our agency partners and a robust sales force of over 500 people located in every major market puts Katz in the best position to lead these growth areas.

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  Texas State University

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