AudioValley announced the appointment of Brian Benedik as Strategic Advisor. Before joining Spotify, Brian held a number of senior leadership positions with major US audio companies such as iHeartMedia, Clear Channel or Katz Media Group, a media representation firm, where he started his career in 1993, and later returned to Katz Media as Founder /President of Katz Digital, one of the inaugural digital audio platforms in 2008. Since 2019, Brian has also worked with audio book leader Audible, podcast specialist Sounder.fm, before joining this year gaming company Niantic Labs, a leading global augmented reality content owner & platform, as VP Global Revenue.