Acast
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Acast is a Swedish-founded company that provides hosting, monetization and growth support for podcasts, and podcast advertising solutions for brands and media agencies. Launching in 2014, it developed a dynamic insertion technology which can target advertising within podcasts based on location, time, and personal data. The company champions an independent and open ecosystem for podcasting, where podcasts hosted with Acast are available on all podcast listening apps. Acast was founded by Karl Rosander and Måns Ulvestam in 2013; together with Johan Billgren as co-founder. Acast hosts over 88,000 podcasts, with over 430 million listens every month. The company operates worldwide with a physical presence in 15 countries, and has its headquarters in Stockholm. Wikipedia
Website: www.acast.com
Symbol: ACAST:STO
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Latest news
- Dec 18: Tommy Walters from Acast publishes five trends from podcasting in 2024. One of those: “Podcasting Takes Center Stage in Politics and Day-to-Day Life”.
- Dec 12: Martijn Gerrits has been hired as Sales Director for Acast in the Netherlands. Gerrits is Acast’s first hire in the region. He joins from Spotify, Azerion, Mediahuis NL and Dentsu.
- Dec 11: Breaking Congratulations to Acast, which has just achieved v2.2 of the IAB Podcast Measurement Guidelines. They’re the eighth to get to v2.2 this year.
- Dec 10: In the UK, the finalists for the Political Podcast Awards 2025 were announced. Of the 29 finalists, ten are with Acast.
- Dec 6: Podcast company Acast has purchased New York-based creative podcast studio Wonder Media Network for a total value of $7.8mn. The six-year-old WMN makes its own original podcasts, and branded podcasts and digital content for a number of large companies. WMN’s team will combine with Acast’s existing creatives to form a new division called Acast Creative Studios.
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