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PodcastOne Announces Multi Year Partnership With SourceAudio's PodcastMusic.com, Integrating Cutting-Edge AI Technology to Utilize 1.2 Million Fully Licensed Songs and Sound Effects for Podcasts

LOS ANGELES, CA - (NewMediaWire) - November 28, 2023 - PodcastOne (Nasdaq: PODC), a leading podcast platform and a subsidiary of LiveOne (Nasdaq: LVO), which owns 80% of the PODC common stock, announced today the integration of SourceAudio's music licensing service, PodcastMusic.com. This partnership revolutionizes podcasting, offering personalized and efficient tools for podcasters to discover and select sound designs seamlessly aligned with their shows. By incorporating SourceAudio's cutting-edge AI technology to access top-tier movie and TV music catalogs of 1.2 million songs, PodcastOne aims to elevate the creative quality of their podcasts, providing audiences with an immersive and iconic audio experience.

With SourceAudio's AI technology, PodcastOne's team will now have the capability to precisely identify and search for the most specific audio elements tailored to the unique needs of each podcast. For instance, podcast producers can now search for "intro music for Adam Carolla" and the AI will curate selections based on Adam's personality, the demographic of his listeners, and tonal characteristics that best complement his show.

"This partnership marks a significant leap forward in our commitment to delivering an unparalleled podcasting experience," said Kit Gray, President and Co-Founder of PodcastOne. "By leveraging SourceAudio's AI technology, we are empowering our podcasters to discover audio elements that resonate with the essence of their shows, creating a more engaging and immersive listening experience."

About SourceAudio

Based in Los Angeles, SourceAudios best-in-class music CMS and AI platform hosts more than 30 millions songs from incredibly diverse production music libraries, indies, and publishers who connect directly with the largest and most influential content creators and broadcasters/streaming networks in the world via the platform. With unrivaled AI music search, metadata, team collaboration, and a licensing user experience at its core, SourceAudio further extends its value through integrated solutions built specifically for the music-for-commercial-media supply chain. Its full-stack solution serves as the launchpad to unlocking instant downstream revenue opportunities like YouTube ContentID, DSP distribution, and licensing to podcasters, radio groups, television, and beyond. With its standard-setting AI-powered search, automated metadata, AI playlisting, and generative audio solutions, SourceAudio revolutionizes the space through its suite of products and tools created specifically to empower rights holders everywhere.

For more information, visit sourceaudio.com.

About PodcastOne, Inc.

PodcastOne (Nasdaq: PODC) is a Los Angeles based podcast network founded in 2012 by Kit Gray and Norm Pattiz providing creators and advertisers with a full 360-degree solution in sales, marketing, public relations, production, and distribution delivering over 2.1 billion downloads per year with a community of 250 of the top podcasters, including Adam Carolla, Kaitlyn Bristowe, Jordan Harbinger, LadyGang, and A&E's Cold Case Files. PodcastOne has built a distribution network reaching over 1 billion listeners a month across all of its own properties, LiveOne (Nasdaq: LVO), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Samsung and over 150 shows exclusively available in Tesla vehicles. PodcastOne is also the parent company of LaunchpadOne, an innovative self-serve platform developed to launch, host, distribute and monetize independent user-generated podcasts. For more information, visit podcastone.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter at @podcastone. For more investor information, please visit ir.podcastone.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release are forward-looking statements,which may often, but not always, be identified by the use of such words as may,” “might,” “will,” “will likely result,” “would,” “should,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “intend,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “seek,” “continue,” “targetor the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements, including: LiveOnes reliance on one key customer for a substantial percentage of its revenue; LiveOnes and PodcastOnes ability to consummate any proposed financing, acquisition, spin-out, special dividend, merger, distribution or transaction, including the spin-out of LiveOnes pay-per-view business, the timing of the consummation of any such proposed event, including the risks that a condition to the consummation of any such event would not be satisfied within the expected timeframe or at all, or that the consummation of any proposed financing, acquisition, spin-out, merger, special dividend, distribution or transaction will not occur or whether any such event will enhance shareholder value; PodcastOnes ability to continue as a going concern; PodcastOnes ability to attract, maintain and increase the number of its listeners; PodcastOne identifying, acquiring, securing and developing content; LiveOnes intent to repurchase shares of its and PodcastOnes common stock from time to time under LiveOnes announced stock repurchase program and the timing, price, and quantity of repurchases, if any, under the program; PodcastOnes ability to maintain compliance with certain financial and other covenants; PodcastOne successfully implementing its growth strategy, including relating to its technology platforms and applications; managements relationships with industry stakeholders; the effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic; uncertain and unfavorable outcomes in legal proceedings; changes in economic conditions; competition; risks and uncertainties applicable to the businesses of PodcastOnes subsidiaries; and other risks, uncertainties and factors including, but not limited to, those described in PodcastOnes Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on June 29, 2023, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter year ended September 30, 2023, filed with the SEC on November 20, 2023, and in PodcastOnes other filings and submissions with the SEC. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof, and PodcastOne disclaims any obligation to update these statements, except as may be required by law. PodcastOne intends that all forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

PodcastOne IR Contact:
Kirin Smith
PCG Advisory
(646) 823-8656
ksmith@pcgadvisory.com

PodcastOne Press Contact:
(310) 246-4600
Susan@Guttmanpr.com

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