Wondery
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The World’s Most Listened to and Beloved Podcast Company
Website: wondery.com
Owned by: Amazon
Latest news
- Mar 3: Amazon’s Wondery has cut what the company calls “a small number” of jobs - though one person speaking to Reuters suggests the number of affected people is “dozens and dozens”, which Amazon denies. Both content and advertising teams have been affected. This is in addition to the closure of its operations in Brazil and Mexico, a story Podnews broke on Feb 13.
- Feb 21: SiriusXM and Wondery have reportedly opted out of Podtrac and Triton Digital’s US rankers. The companies complain that the rankers only measure audience size using RSS downloads.
- Feb 20: Wondery’s true-crime podcasts are taking to the high seas, with Wondery Exhibit C’s True Crime Cruise from Miami to the Bahamas next January; you can expect podcast stars, crime experts, and crime-related activities like a murder mystery game. Actual murder not included.
- Feb 13: Exclusive: Amazon’s Wondery has closed its operations in Mexico and in Brazil. Podnews understands that the closure was announced in a short staff meeting earlier this week. Those impacted include Sarah Barrett, the company’s Head of Mexico Podcast Content. It comes the same week as some of Wondery Mexico’s shows were nominated for the Ondas Globales awards; and the LATAM units own a successful YouTube page with more than 500,000 subscribers.
- Feb 7: Wondery and Tinkercast have extended their relationship about the popular kids podcast Wow in the World. The show has a live tour this year across the US, and a book forthcoming.
Data credits: Podnews newsletter