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- Spotify acquired a company that detects harmful content in podcasts https://www.engadget.com/spotify-harmful-content-podcasts-kinzen-misinformation-154340774.html 4 comments
- SiriusXM acquires Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco podcast company for $150M https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/23/siriusxm-acquires-conan-obriens-team-coco-podcast-company-for-150-million/ 4 comments
- Spotify acquires podcast discovery specialists Podz https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/18/22539794/spotify-podz-acquisition-machine-learning-podcast-discovery 13 comments technews
- Spotify acquires Podz, a podcast discovery platform https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/17/spotify-acquires-podz-a-podcast-discovery-app/ 29 comments technology
- Spotify reportedly in “advanced stages” of acquiring podcast company for $230M https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/02/spotify-reportedly-in-advanced-stages-of-acquiring-podcast-company-for-230m/ 5 comments technology
- Spotify acquires two more companies to become a podcasting juggernaut https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/02/spotify-acquires-two-more-companies-to-become-a-podcasting-juggernaut/ 4 comments business
- Spotify acquires podcasting companies Gimlet and Anchor https://newsroom.spotify.com/2019-02-06/audio-first/ 43 comments business
- Apple has acquired Pop Up Archive, an interesting startup that makes podcasts more searchable http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/12/apple-has-acquired-pop-up-archive-an-interesting-startup-that-makes-podcasts-more-searchable/ 8 comments apple
- Interesting clip from Acquired podcast with Sequoia’s Alfred Lin. He talks about how they find investment opportunities at Sequoia. https://thatpart.co/p/KSN2-2oSoL9LdUcdmOw-l 6 comments venturecapital
- Spotify Acquires Podz, an AI-Focused Startup, in Order to Improve Podcast Discorvery https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/news/spotify-acquires-podz-improve-podcast-discorvery/ 34 comments apple
- [WSJ] Spotify on a spending spree acquiring content, after spending $200M to acquire Bills Simmons The Ringer, today it announced acquiring Joe Rogan Experience podcast in deal reportedly worth more than 100M. https://www.wsj.com/articles/spotify-strikes-exclusive-podcast-deal-with-joe-rogan-11589913814 6 comments nba
- Pocket Casts Podcast App acquired by NPR, WYNC, This American Life, and other radio stations. https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/3/17314866/pocket-casts-podcast-app-acquisition-npr-wnyc-wbez-this-american-life 105 comments apple
- [The Senstennial Podcast] Dorion on TSN 1200 states that Ottawa did their homework on DeBrincat before acquiring him last summer. Asked former teammates about him, etc. Checked all of the boxes. Kyle Davidson wouldn't let them talk with DeBrincat directly though. https://twitter.com/senstennial/status/1678727209656123392 169 comments hockey
- [CraigMish] On the podcast you will hear me discuss Byron Buxton and Cedric Mullins. May not be them, but this is the direction. Miami is ready to deal from their minor league pitching depth to acquire a CF. Should be a interesting week. https://twitter.com/CraigMish/status/1418707891469553667?s=20 18 comments baseball
- [Vox] Spotify may buy Bill Simmons’s The Ringer to build its podcasting business who spent about $400 million in 2019 acquiring three podcasting companies: Gimlet Media, Anchor FM, and Parcast, has had talks with Simmons dating back to at least October 2019. https://www.vox.com/2020/1/17/21071358/ringer-spotify-deal-talks-podcast-bill-simmons-apple 83 comments nba
- Spotify Is Acquiring Pair of Podcasting Companies. The Acquisition Plans Come As The Company Reports Its First-Ever Operating Profit For The Fourth Quarter https://stockmarketnews.today/2019/02/06/spotify-is-acquiring-pair-of-podcasting-companies-the-acquisition-plans-come-as-the-company-reports-its-first-ever-operating-profit-for-the-fourth-quarter/ 3 comments economy
- OG Road Trippin Crew podcast with Dave McMenamin: Topics include burner accounts, Kawhi's lack of a personality, the inevitable break up of Golden State, the new Lakers, RJ's run in with the Ball family, Toronto's desire to acquire Channing Frye, and funny LeBron stories. https://player.fm/series/road-trippin-richard-vs-channing-1755358/episode-81-espn-dave-mcmenamin-part-1 7 comments nba
- A company that charged others for uploading video and audio content on to their own websites has had its podcast patent invalidated by a US court. The Electronic Frontiers Foundation argued that Personal Audio LCC had "not invented anything new" when it acquired the patent in 2012 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40865601 3 comments technology