Triton Media is the folks owned by Oaktree Capital – the Private Equity folks with their hands in a lot radio. \u00a0 Triton Digital is the part that runs StreamTheWorld and Ando Media – providing a complete end-to-end solution for radio. \u00a0 Ando’s technology measures the audience and tracks listeneres, StreamTheWorld’s streaming technology makes the streams work and Triton sells the advertisements and inserts them into the streams. \u00a0 StreamTheWorld has long been the most reliable and consistent streaming company.\u00a0\u00a0 Triton Media also owns Dial Global, one of the larger talk and music syndicators for radio and owns Townsquare Media – the folks who have quietly been building an empire of small market radio stations from companies that have gone bankrupt or otherwise become nonviable as an ongoing operation.<\/p>\n
Salem currently uses LiquidCompass – they are by far the biggest customer of Liquid Compass.\u00a0\u00a0 Previously, Salem had used StreamAudio, one of the pioneers in streaming that has been ravaged by the success of Triton Media.<\/p>\n
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