Brian Benedik

Brian Benedik is the Chief Revenue Officer of Audacy. In this role, Benedik leads all aspects of revenue generation across corporate, national, regional and local levels and develop fully integrated, multiplatform sales solutions and breakthrough strategies to attract new revenue streams.

Brian Benedik joined Audacy in November 2021 from Niantic, an AR developer platform and real-world gaming publisher, where he served as VP/Global Head of Revenue.

Prior to Niantic, Benedik spent over 25 years in the over-the-air and digital audio space across a number of global and U.S.-centric organizations. For seven formative years at Spotify, Benedik was a key member of the senior leadership team as SVP/Global Head of Sales and Operations. As the leader of the Spotify Global Advertising Business, Benedik oversaw the direct, programmatic, podcast, re-seller and self-serve platform teams as well as ad and sales operations, trading, global agency and accounts and training groups.