Brooklyn, NY., October. 21, 2025 — LiveRead, the single platform to manage your podcast advertising, announced today that they have partnered with Companion to power their newly launched brand and creator network. Companion, which represents a growing number of premium podcasts, such as Rainn Wilson’s Soul Boom started using LiveRead earlier this year to optimize their sales process with brands and agencies and to organize their ad operations processes.
Companion is utilizing LiveRead’s three core product features to help power their business:
Sales Enablement – Stylized media kits, fully customized proposals, dynamic insertion order creation, and sales reporting
Ad Operations – Calendar, ad copy, and ad approval management
Streamlined Billing – Invoice creation and reconciliation via LiveRead’s QuickBooks Online integration
“We’re so excited to have Companion join our growing list of creator networks utilizing LiveRead’s sales, ad operations, and billing features to power their businesses,” said Ilyas Frenkel, President of LiveRead. “A.J. and the entire Companion team have been great to work with – they’ve brought invaluable insights to the product roadmap, which has made this relationship feel like a true partnership. At LiveRead, we’re excited to continue to build on top of an already robust product in order to give Companion and our other existing customers best-in-class tools to power their businesses so they can focus on what they do best – create extraordinary ad supported content.”
“As we’re just kicking into gear, it was important we set ourselves up for success from the start,” says A.J. Feliciano, General Manager of Companion. “We chose LiveRead because it gave us the ability to move quickly and efficiently – and work alongside a partner who shared our vision for the future of the creator economy.”
Here’s a link to a deep dive conversation between Bryan Barletta. Partner at Sounds Profitable, A.J Feliciano, General Manager of Companion, Shawya Mogharabi, Director of Operations of Companion, and Ilyas Frenkel, President of LiveRead, on how exactly Companion is taking advantage of LiveRead’s tools to boost their sales and organize their ad operations.
About LiveRead
LiveRead.io is a sales enablement and order management platform for creators and podcast / influencer networks, brands, and advertising agencies. The software centralizes media kits, proposal creation, the sales process, ad corporations, and billing. Which enables users to save time and invest resources into growing their business. LiveRead is currently utilized by dozens of creators, networks, brands, and ad agencies. For more information on LiveRead.io or to set up a demo, visit liveread.io.
About Companion
Companion is a new consumer-facing media company from Companion Arts, the studio behind Soul Boom with Rainn Wilson. Companion is more than a network; It’s a movement that aims to nurture collaboration and connection by building a community around content that elevates, inspires and reminds you: You belong. For more information, visit companionarts.com
