Wondery is the world's largest independent producer of podcasts. The company founded in 2016, in particular, is known on creation of such podcasts as the drama Dirty John and series about doctors and the medical Dr. Death system. By October, 2020 Wondery has 8 million users, and the number of streams and downloadings of podcasts on the platform reached 58 million (data of analysts of Podtrac).
History
2020: Amazon was purchased by Wondery
At the end of December, 2020 announced Amazon purchase of Wondery and plans to attach the publisher of podcasts to the music service Amazon Music. Financial terms of transaction of the company did not begin to open.
According to an anonymous source of the New York Times newspaper, the speech can go about the amount of $300 million. The same price was called by the Wall Street Journal edition in December, 2020 when with reference to the informants wrote about the preparing transaction. Accession of Wondery to Amazon will not influence users in any way — they will be able to continue to listen to the favourite podcasts, assured of the company.
 | Amazon Music Wondery will be able to provide even more qualitative, innovation content and to continue the mission for creation of the world of entertainments and knowledge for the audience … Our commitment to podcasts, our attention to a high-quality sound with the Amazon Music HD level and our recent partnership with Twitch on ensuring stream broadcasting do Amazon Music by the best platform for creators of podcasts, said in the press release of Amazon. |  |
Amazon started podcasts in September, 2020. The The Verge edition notes that accession of Wondery will allow Amazon to compete with Spotify which already over a year purchases producers and creators of podcasts more successfully. It is said in the statement of Amazon about the transaction that it "will accelerate growth and evolution of podcasts, attracting creators, leaders and immersive experience to a bigger number of listeners worldwide".[1]
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