Zeno Media is a media company that provides online audio streaming targeting
diaspora
A diaspora ( ) is a population that is scattered across regions which are separate from its geographic place of origin. Historically, the word was used first in reference to the dispersion of Greeks in the Hellenic world, and later Jews after ...
communities.
Its flagship product Zeno.FM features programming from 248 countries and an average monthly listenership of 40 million.
Background
Founded in 2011, the company's stated mission is to "amplify local voices while connecting niche and diaspora communities to their hometown radio stations and native language programming."
It features roughly 25,000 streams from large- and small-scale creators.
Broadcasters and listeners by and large hail from West Africa, Central Asia, and the Caribbean, and are now settled in the greater New York area. In 2015,
Ghana,
Nigeria,
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
and the
Dominican Republic were listed as Zeno Media's largest ethnic listener and broadcaster groups.
Business structure
The company offers hosting for streaming and
podcasts, with a free option and a paid subscription plan. Paid members are eligible to monetize their content.
References
External links
Official website
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Internet radio in the United States
Companies based in New York City