secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     PodcastOne, Inc. (PODC)
CIK:        0001940177
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001213900-25-017100
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

PodcastOne promotes Ryan Carhart to CFO; cost savings target $23M+
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- Ryan Carhart named CFO of PodcastOne, LiveOne, and subsidiaries effective Feb 19, 2025.
- Cost savings expanded to over $23M including $13M in additional reductions at CPS.
- LiveOne paid $3.7M to East West Bank on a $7M loan; secured LOI to refinance remaining debt.
- Former CFO Aaron Sullivan departed to pursue another opportunity, no dispute.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1940177/000121390025017100/0001213900-25-017100-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1940177/000121390025017100/ea0232055-8k_podcast.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-017100

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