secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     PodcastOne, Inc. (PODC)
CIK:        0001940177
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001213900-25-004018
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

PodcastOne sets FY2025 revenue guidance at $51M+; targets $100M in 2-4 years
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- FY2025 revenue guidance at least $51M, up 17% YoY, with expected positive Adj. EBITDA and no debt.
- PodcastOne now has 194 exclusive shows, 16M monthly downloads, 5.2M unique listeners; named 8th largest US podcast publisher by Podtrac for Dec 2024.
- Strategic partnership with Amazon ART19 for hosting; network surpassed 3.8B total downloads.
- Select financials: FY2024 revenue $43.3M, Adj. EBITDA $0.5M; Q3 FY2025 (Sep 30) revenue $12.2M, Adj. EBITDA -$0.4M.
- M&A strategy: act as consolidator for platforms with 10-50 podcasts; two shows sold for TV adaptation, diversifying revenue.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1940177/000121390025004018/0001213900-25-004018-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1940177/000121390025004018/ea0227876-8k_podcastone.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-004018

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