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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Radio |
| Genre | Podcasts |
| Founded | 2014 |
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| Headquarters | , US |
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| Parent | Spotify (2019–present) |
| Website | gimletmedia |
Gimlet Media LLC is a digital media company and podcast network, focused on producing narrative podcasts and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. The company was founded in 2014 by Alex Blumberg and Matthew Lieber, who served as the company's CEO and president respectively until Lieber stepped down in 2022. In February 2019, Spotify announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Gimlet for $230 million.[1][2] In 2023, Spotify announced that they were merging Gimlet and Parcast into Spotify Studios.
- ^ Kafka, Peter (February 6, 2019). "Spotify has bought two podcast startups and it wants to buy more". Recode. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
- ^ Warren, Tom (February 6, 2019). "Spotify gets serious about podcasts with two acquisitions". The Verge. Retrieved February 7, 2019.