The deal talks are continuing and negotiations could still fall apart, the people said.Ĭlosely held Wondery is the last large, independent podcaster on the market-and could present the final opportunity for a major tech or media giant to buy its way into the exploding field. today saidthat it has signed a deal to buy Wondery Inc., a venture-backed podcast startup with a reportedaudience of 20 million monthly listeners. Amazon paid a reported 300 million last year for Wondery, maker of. From a report: As part of the deal, Wondery will join Amazon Music, the e-commerce giants music streaming business. The company is on track to increase revenue to more than $40 million this year, according one person familiar with the matter, with about 75% of that coming from advertising and the rest from licensing to TV, to subscription services like Audible and Stitcher Premium and to Wondery’s own premium subscription service, which launched this summer. Roman Mars, the founder of the podcast “99 Invisible,”. Wondery’s last funding round, in June 2019, valued the company at $100 million, The Wall Street Journal reported. The talks value Wondery at over $300 million, the people said. is in exclusive talks to purchase podcast startup Wondery, according to people familiar with the matter, as the tech giant pushes further into the growing audio sector. Amazon announced that it inked a deal to acquire Wondery, a four-year-old podcast creator and producer.

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